This is really hard for me... where do I begin?

[stusviews]

This sounds like your expensive amps use Class A outputs and no transistor crossover switching distortion is heard simulating the old tube smoothness. I bet it gets hot when it works though..

 

There is still no consensus on the topic of "warm sound" that's attributed to tubes when compared to transistors, but we all get excited when I turn the sound up

[oberkc]

I have to admit, I've never heard of "good" distortion

Clearly, you have not been around many electric guitar players.

Edited May 13, 2016 by oberkc

[stusviews]

I know about distortion pedals. Hey, I hang around with my bud of 2 1/2 decades who plays with Robbie Kreiger and was lead guitar for Wild Child (I still get free tickets), but I don't like the distortion to be inherent to my audio system. I want to hear the distortion as it was created, not add to it

[mmb]

I'm not a fan of subscriptions and avoid them whenever I can. But I do have two land lines and a smartphone, all of which are useless w/o a subscription. I also get newspapers and magazines. It's the price I pay for the services I want

I don't mind subs, but they have to be affordable and echo integration is too pricey for me so it won't happen.  I'll have figure something else out...