Your journey with lower-watt tube amps -- Can a kit be good enough?

A similar thread happened here before. (And I’m sure will again). Atmosphere makes amps he is quite knowledgeable. But and it’s big but, he’s already gone through many iterations of hifi and made he’s conclusions. I don’t agree with them, for one very important reason, this is a hobby, it’s so much fun to explore, it’s not have people tell you you won’t like something when in fact, if your like me or many others, you actually will. I think this is how to quote the prior thread. Maybe just buy used amps and see how they sound and sell them on if not to your liking. prior thread - https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/300b-or-2a3-set-class-a-for-heretic-model-a

Atmasphere your viewpoint in this discussion repetitively shuts down people learning and exploring. The whole discussion about bass, about distortion, and many of the other salient points you’ve raised, while one hand accurate, are on the other hand wholly irrelevant. Distortion for instance is a tonal color. It is not a bugaboo though I’m sure many audiophiles think it is. Maybe there’s not as much bass etc, but for me the way to listen to music, is to listen to music not equipment. Listen, don’t analyze. I find tube triodes to give me immense musical pleasure despite their drawbacks. I’ve learned long ago that a non audiophile approach to musical listening, not comparing things, not worrying about specs, not thinking about perfection but instead listening to music is for me how I get the most pleasure out of this hobby.