Did you miss the part where I went to school for audio? I don&#x27;t want to appeal merely to authority, but, well, at some point I become frustrated at the level of superstition that backs these kinds of claims.<p>Look, I own multiple all-tube amps for my guitars. I understand the appeal (though it&#x27;s much more complicated than &quot;tube is better&quot;). I even understand the science for why tubes sound &quot;good&quot; and why solid state amps sound &quot;less good&quot;. (To be clear: It is not merely the presence of tubes.)<p>There are so many confounding variables, however, that people end up believing that a shitty so-called &quot;tube&quot; preamp that costs $20 to manufacturer and runs on a 5V power supply is somehow superior to a high quality solid state preamp <i>just</i> because it has a tube. The most sought after old Neve consoles and channel strips that people love so much? Solid state; not a tube in sight. They&#x27;re loved because they were extremely high quality, and have a subtle distinctive sound that is what our favorite records sound like (at least, our favorite records from a certain era of well-funded studio dilettantes).<p>And, while we&#x27;re at it, the best way to capture that particular color is digital. The difference between <i>Dark Side of the Moon</i> and a digital recording today that doesn&#x27;t sound as amazing as <i>Dark Side of the Moon</i> has less than nothing to do with DSOTM being recorded analog vs. digital and everything to do with the kind of budget, time, and skill Pink Floyd had in the studio.<p>I&#x27;m not arguing there isn&#x27;t a difference in quality to be discerned between different pieces of equipment. There absolutely is. But, Super 8 is not and never was, a high quality way to get images onto a screen. It was a compromise based almost entirely on cost. It just so happened that for many years it was a compromise that was necessary for filmmakers on a tight budget...video took a long while to catch up, and it probably took the switch to extremely high definition digital video to really put the nail into film&#x27;s coffin.