It would be simple if there was at least one perfect amplifier. There are none. Amplifiers have multiple characteristics and all of them vary their strengths and weaknesses and each of us varies in which of these characteristics and their combinations sounds 'real'. So until we can learn how to measure the perfect amp which is way in the very distant future this 'religious' argument will go on.
I can cite things tubes do better and things they do wrong and the same for solid state amps. So what. What matters is for each of us to put together a system that we can enjoy listening to.
Decades ago I met a very smart English gentleman, Percy Wilson, who for decades was a leader in audio(among many things he was technical editor of Gramaphone for decades). I was at a dinner with him and other audio greats. I was aked to drive Percy and his wife back to their hotel with an admonition from the host that Percy tell me the Zanzibar Fallacy on the drive. You can look it up on the internet. I've written about in a few times. The jist of which is that for almost all of us our sonic reference is primarily our own systems(Soryy HP).
