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[markw]

What did I say to make you think I thought tube was better man? If you can, kindly point it out to me please. Just for the record...I think both are good. Right now, ima enjoying a hybrid sound....slight warmer with punch. Shoot, who knows tomorrow I might want a cleaner sound, and I too will enjoy that. But kindly point out those quotes that gotcha bent out of shape.

WEll, post 40 seems pretty clear inn "romanticizing" the added distortiion tube amps provide when PRODUCING musical sounds in a performance and saying that is equally desirable in home music reproduction. It's not.

And, let's face it, your timing in jumping in to defense of tubes in post 51 is quite obvious, particularly considering that the post I responded just pior to that was a direct, fairly sarcastic, rsponse to some bone-headed post by some other tubie immediately prior. You easily could have sat this one out instead of popping your head up into the crosshairs.

If I misead you then I apologize but you did ask for it after post 51. Be honest.