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Depends on assumptions...

"For those, like myself, who never even saw a tube in school the idea of tubes offering superior performance seems a little backwards at first. Otherwise why would the world have switched over to solid state."

You made the assumption that the switch must have been for sonic reasons. I for one have never been convinced that that was indeed the case. More likely considerations: economics (manufacturing cost); convenience (you don't have to replace transistors, theoretically, so you now get sealed up components, i.e., "no user-serviceable parts inside");power-per-dollar ratio, going hand-in-hand with changes in speaker efficiency. I think these issues factored heavily in the switch, and sound quality was not as important, or at least was seen as something that could be overcome (afterall, with lower THD, they must sound better than tubes, right? d'oh!)

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