I am someone who's invested a lot in keeping tube amps alive and it saddens me when I see some myths about thermionic emission around some communities.

Which ones have you seen recently?

Personally, I have one that I've seen and I would like to clear the air about them.

I've seen this myth that tube amps are inferior to solid-state. I believe this is absolute nonsense. I mean we've got recent tubes from brands such as Tung-Sol performing absolutely better than vintage Nos, for example. I've got the boutique 50W head doing well since 2019 when I got it. I've only done some routine bias checks and occasional tube replacement. I believe that reliability comes from great power supply design and not basically from pushing tubes beyond specs.

Which other ones do you have in mind that you think are wrong?

Hi, it is bogus.  (I am finally back see Tower) I have had a total of three listeners sell off their expensive SS amps (two were Mark Ls that ran over $11,000) for a pair of Oddwatts.  Tube amps are not better or worse that SS ones.  If well designed both will do the job well.  To be sure there some speaker that work better on one kind or the other.  I would not use many tube amps on current hungry speakers and would probably not use SS ones on many of the vintage high sensitivity speakers.  It is sort of like putting gas in a vehicle.  All types will generally work but some may work better in certain vehicles.