Last week I had an interesting road trip to Mooresville, North Carolina to deliver a pair of speakers to an acquaintance that really needed to replace his Bose 201 speakers.

He is a very interesting person, a famous engine builder, a musician who writes and records his own music.
He is the guy you need if you require a 4000HP big block Chevy engine and a song about how he builds it!

He had all kinds of questions about audio equipment and he asked me if I knew anything about tube amps. I replied that I might have messed around with them once or twice in the last few years!

Anyway, he asked me if I could describe the differences between tube and solid state sound.
I replied to him that to me the biggest differences between the two were in how big the sound is. Tube sound to me is bigger, plumper while solid state is more lean and perhaps a little more controlled.

I guess my question to everyone is how do YOU discribe "Tube sound"?

Live, dimensional and beautiful is how would describe tube sound. The best part is the ability to roll tubes to tailor the sound you want.