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Some people really do not like the vacuum tube, or the fact that some
audiophiles really like them and persist in still building tube
equipment or buying it from "boutique" or high end vendors. You know
who they are.

The thing is, what motivates this obsession with denigrating and
deterring users of vacuum tubes? Are unhealthy, often destructive
pathologies at work here?


Since your premise is flawed IMO, there's no way to answer without
restating.

Some people don't like Vacuum tube equipment. None of them AFAIK care at
all if others like them or not. The reason some don't care for them is
because they understand that tubes do not provide the same level of fidelity
as SS equipment. From the measured performance of tubed equipment it clear
that they simply don't measure up to SS gear.