I haven't made any further replies here because it's nearly impossible to intelligently discuss an audio topic with those who ignore well-established principles of audio engineering science and instead mindlessly repeat the mantra "Just trust your ears". However, an interesting side issue is the use of guitar amps to intentionally distort the sound and here engineer and physicist John Murphy discusses amps in general and in particular how a solid state device can be used to emulate more simply the "sound" desired with guitar amps.

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Enjoy the music, not the equipment.