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Originally Posted by moff
Same idea goes for digital vs Fender or Marshall. Right now, we're seeing, as you said, a renaissance for rack gear, it's the "fashion". But those old Twins and Plexis are still going strong, and will be the gold standard forever. And you probably don't have to worry about getting service for them. There was rack stuff in the '80s, like the old ADA Preamp, all trying to emulate tube amps, but lots of us just stayed with the real deal.
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Would now be a good time to mention that:
a) Valve quality isn't what it once was, and so older amps don't sound the same now as they did way-back-when unless you get NOS valves. At least you're guaranteed consistency over the lifetime of digital gear (within component lifetime, of course, but solid state components last a lot longer than valves).
b) There will come a time when it's no longer economically viable to manufacture valves at all, at which point all those "gold standard" amps
will be paperweights...