the only amps i prefer driven distortion is guitar tube amps.Than why do you prefer amps that have distortion and coloration to SS ones that dont? You talk in circles and go nowhere. Im starting to wonder how much of what you hear is imagined.
i have owned other amps, ss and tube, way back moons ago. before my new journey re sparked.
recent times i had a pl-evo-int amp and you could say it was linearly colored and sounded pleasant until your ears become trained. virtually no perceived distortion until it was turned up say on my klipsch i once had. when i went to revel i immediately could decern and detect inaccuracies in the sound in the mildly to loud, and it was extremely pronounced in the revel speakers. i have since upgraded to what i think to be a more accurately represented audio circuit with more technology and output accuracy. uhm, i dont exactly want to seek for any distortion. and before you reply with "tubes inherently" distort and that may be true, it is also a highly wide band variable comment as that can be inaudible, minuscule, and or highly prominent. some tube amps distort really early, some dont really at all unless the pot is turned to 11. i would agree any distortion is unpleasant