i am a through-and-through tube amp GUITAR PLAYER, but when it comes to hifi, i just find that QUALITY solid-state is really beginning to eclipse tube in sound reproduction. i feel like with the newer technologies/implementations like PWM, and direct-digital topography, soundstages seem to be bigger, power usage is much more efficient, smaller enclosures, AND less fragile. i've been down the tube rabbit hole many times myself, and sometimes it gets to be too much. i like have freedom to tube roll, but just like musicians, GAS is real. ( i dont know what you guys call it here on headfi). GAS = gear acquisition syndrome