Hi fellas
Just laughing after reading your posts. I think y'all should put away your Nobel Prizes, get out the Q-Tips, put away your preconceived prejudices and kick back with a nice tube amp system.
Music reproduction is more than amplifier specifications, although to listen to some of you, the world is a very simple place - all solid state amps sound the same and are better than "obsolete" tube amps.
Find a nice Antique Sound Labs integrated, or some Manleys, a fine source and some nice Axioms actually listen to it, and tell me good tube amps are "obsolete," or inaccurate.