Personal amp evolution

SAE, Bryston 2B, None (Meridian powered loudspeakers), Spectral, Radford STA15, Meridian, Cary SLA70, ARC Classic 30 (x2), Krell KSA100 (oops, wrong direction there!), ARC Classic 150s. I've recently had some rather simple mods performed on the 150s (20amp IEC connectors and Cardas Gold Ref cords, Cardas copper binding posts, and Hovland inter-stage coupling caps). I've auditioned a couple of the latest "hot" amps and on balance still prefer the ARCs.

NAD 7155, NAD 2200, Threshold Stasis 3, Threshold T200/Genesis Bass Servo/B&K AVR305(HT)

Pioneer sx 1280
Pse studio 4,s
Cary slm 70,s
Pass x350
Papworth Audio m200,s
The Cary,s had the best midrange, Oh so sweet.The Pass was not has good as the hype. What can I say, I,m a tube man
Steve

Unlike many of you, I started very near the top! (please laugh, its' a joke)

1980 Laffayette receiver, thought it sounded awesome at the time.
1982 NAD 7060
1984 Harmon Kardon Citation 11 or 12 (can't remember)
1985 Carver M-400, big mistake, 201 Watts, what a joke!
1986 Carver M-400, added a second to run mono's at 500 Watts, one was not enough power, what a surprise. Minimal improvent. OK, I'm a slow learner.
1988 G.A.S Son of Ampzilla, 80 Watts, infinately more power than the 2 Carver's and WAY better sound.
1989 G.A.S Ampzilla, 250 Watts, used to run subs, left the Son on top. this setup worked well on the Snell A2i's
1991 Elektron Kinetics Eagle, 125 Watts to run Bevridge Sys 3's
1991 Adcom 555 to run the single sub w/ Bev's
2001 Odyssey Stratus, 150 Watts, nice improvement.
2002 Decware Zen Select, I've been bitten by the notorious "Tube Bug"! Ya owe it to yourself to hear one!
2002 Decware Integrated, loved the Zen but, needed a bit more power with my not too efficient speakers.

Like many of the above posts, I started with midfi- Sansui 6 receiver. I evolved into hifi with the Hafler 220 and never looked back. I upgraded to a pair of OCM 100's(used as balanced differential monoblocks). It seems I have followed a trend in changing from solid state to tube amps--Berning 811 Ziegfried. Not to start another thread, but has anyone else noticed this trend? Just curious as to why or what made people change from SS to tubes.