There’s no question that from a listening point of view the amp does a wonderful job with a variety of tubes. I do enjoy the tubes themselves though and I love to hear what kind of an effect they can have on the sound. I’m cheap though lol. Since I don’t need a tremendous amount of power I can use tubes like the 807 instead of a 6l6c and save some coin. I also like “rescuing” tubes that are outside the mainstream like I’m saving strays or something. That’s why I use things like the 7c5 and the 14n7 in my preamp.
Whenever I wonder if I’m getting too weird about listening to tubes I pop over to the head-fi forums. I feel downright normal compared to some of those folks
Think I have a good feel what going too far looks like now. I can quit any time I want! Lol