Realistic sound = tubes and analogue

[tube fan]

I have heard, and hated ss from Spectral and Pass. Many of the top reviewers in the Absolute Sound, Stereophile, and Drago prefer tubes to ss. Ditto for analogue over digital. I'm sure they have heard most of the top ss units, and they still favor tubes and analogue. The Audio research VSi60 integrated amp which got such a rave review in Stereophile only costs $4,000. I'll check out the Bryston, but I doubt that it will impress me as I was unmoved by the Spectral and Pass ss units I heard.

[E-Stat]

I'll check out the Bryston, but I doubt that it will impress me as I was unmoved by the Spectral and Pass ss units I heard.

HP says it sounds pretty darn good on the Scaenas and the Sanders.

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[Sir Terrence the Terrible]

I have heard, and hated ss from Spectral and Pass. Many of the top reviewers in the Absolute Sound, Stereophile, and Drago prefer tubes to ss. Ditto for analogue over digital. I'm sure they have heard most of the top ss units, and they still favor tubes and analogue. The Audio research VSi60 integrated amp which got such a rave review in Stereophile only costs $4,000. I'll check out the Bryston, but I doubt that it will impress me as I was unmoved by the Spectral and Pass ss units I heard.

Keep an open mind, if you go in to a listening session with this attitude, there is no way an objective evaluation is possible. If you walk in with the attitude that you will not be impressed, then you probably won't be.

I would bet this is the attitude you take anytime your hear the words "digital" and "solid state".