Since this board has become my "audio for dummies" school, I'd like to know the following:
Given today's technology, what is the most significant imapct on performance/sound between tube and solid state amps of comparable quality? If there are differences, are they more noticable at different price points or are they a constant? I know the differences were signficant at one time (like 30 years ago), but then it seems to me I would listen to a gillion dollar MacIntosh versus a $1000 Nakamichi or something. I also know there are strongly held views, but is there the same kind of blind testing that Alan and sometimes Sushi and John K have referenced re: other components?
