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Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
geoffkait,"...since you’ve obviously been following the wrong, you know..."I have to agree with this. I have been following your posts about technology and whatever else and they are, you know....mostly wrong. 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
geoffkait,"Limited understanding is still much better than no understanding. Glubson understands what I mean."I'd better understand. I wrote the original of that sentence that you copied with minor, mostly stylistic, change. 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
How come that geoffkait is so well-acquainted with a circus owner's thoughts? 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
I cannot tell you. geoffkait is our diagnosis guru. He can tell us what we have and need. 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
Well, it seems to me that there are a few around here who may benefit from a bit of professional help. 
Road trip to demo $10,000 speakers
skyscraper,These days, you can live smack in the middle of Manhattan and it won’t help you much when picking equipment. Hard to find a walk-in store, to begin with. In fact, it seems to me that Washington, DC area is much better in that sense.Let ... 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
"...a dyed in the wool naysayer slash pseudo skeptic."It is not nice that wool-clad naysayers slash pseudo skeptics. This is just a non-sense hobby. No need for violence of that magnitude. 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
"...De Forest had only a limited understanding of how it worked....”Limited understanding is still understanding. Understanding of own limitations of understanding is often missing on these forums, while naive failure to recognize Socratic irony i... 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
jayh,+++for you 
Pieces of music that digital can't get right
I would go even one step further and say "every source device does require unique tweaks to get optimal-for-your-taste results".As far as original post goes, you are comparing different products (CD vs. LP, I assume) that were processed differentl... 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
It is "organic". All the coldness is gone. 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
Dear Lee,That is why I thought that pizza placed near the tube thread was appropriate. 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
kosst_amojan,This light bulb analogy was quite funny. I agree with it although, if someone likes it, why not. 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
That was revealing. They mix oregano in the dough, it seems. I could not see that one coming. And then baking, taking out, baking again, really, who said Amish were simple? I will try that next time.Speaking of tubes, they do get warm. Now, what t... 
Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
sfcfran,It is an interesting outlook and it made me think of something unrelated to tubes/SS debate."...if it is mostly accepted that Audio Quality Analog from Pass Labs is pretty much King at its price points,"Why was/is anybody buying anything e...