Quote Originally Posted by BallinWithNash
I have never heard a tube amp or an album played back on a turntable sorry haha. And so basically your saying Tube amps will only make a big difference if you use vinyl? Cause if you use CD's there is really no benefit of buying a Tube amp? .... I'm 18 and everything I have is on CD's but I listen to older rock, country, and alternative. Example, (A lot of Taylor Swift), Foo Fighter's, (A lot of Matchbox Twenty), Shinedown, The Cult. I even have a Three Dog Night CD. But I do not own any records and I mainly listen to "newer" stuff and you can't get them on vinyl (at least I don't think so). So should I just stick with SS amps?
Right now I have a Marantz 2240 as my receiver and I like the way that sounds versus most newer products but like I said I have never heard a tube amp.
It was just an analogy, not a statement that tubes are only for vinyl. If you play an album on an SS amp and then the same CD, you will most likely enjoy the vinyl over the CD.

Well recorded jazz and fusion CDs sound incredible on both SS or tubes, a crappy disk will also sound like crap through both.