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What are the advantages/disadvantages of tube amps as opposed to solid state amps?

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What are the advantages/disadvantages of tube amps as opposed to solid state amps?

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A properly-designed solid state amplifier will sound IDENTICAL to any other properly-designed solid state amplifier in a double-blind litening test with volume levels of “A” and “B” amplifiers set the same and within the limits of the speakers. Tube amplifiers inject distortion into the signal, a properly-designed solid-state amplifier will not. Further, a engineer can design a solid-state amplifier to sound like your favorite tube amp. Someone may dig me for saying this, but the ONLY reason for choosing a tube amp is for aesthetic reasons, not audio reasons.