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Originally posted by bigmacc
Question are TV types more inclined to like tube based stereos; or SS? Mine quess would be tubes but you never know.Anyways drh4683 pleased with your success.
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Some of my thoughts.
I have no interest in collecting transistorized TV's as a hobby, but the one(s) I watch on a regular basis have to be solid state because those are just so much more reliable from a MTBF standpoint. Imagine the tubed equivalent of a modern 61" RPTV. That set would have 300 vacuum tubes in it. It wouldn't run long enough before a tube or other component failed to watch an hour long TV show. I do not enjoy repairing SS TV's though and except for a set that is really valuable to me, won't take the time. Vintage vacuum tube TV's are fun to play with as a hobby. I cannot see where SS TV's would be fun to play with in the same way.
When it comes to stereo equipment, if I fabricate it myself it will be tubes only because I can get the best sound out of that topology given my engineering skillset and capabilities. If I'm just looking for commercially available equipment to listen to I will give both SS and tube a chance and settle on the one that sounds the best to me. I've heard good sound from SS, but for the most critical listening I'm convinced that my tube amps make better tone. For background music I deliberately use SS to save electricity as these amplifiers are more efficient of power use and tube components have a finite lifetime. When I sit down for a critical listening session where the best sound is key, I turn on the tube amps.
Summary,
normal use time = SS TV, SS sound
playtime = tube TV's, tube sound.
OK so I like to spend my quality time living in the past.
