Phantom Gold - valve like treble

[Snoopy8]

The difference is I don't have to mess with tube swapping, or cable swapping. I have the tube sound without the tube worries.

The problem with tubes is that it can be quite addictive to tube roll and experiment with different tubes and I had 3 pairs in my preamp to tinker. Went down a rabbit hole of starting to prefer the distortions created ! I thought I will miss tubes when I switched to the Golds, but now do not miss it...