Hello emergingsoul. Tubes are not "better." Tubes are "different." Tube "sound" is often mentioned in discussions, so we know it's real, not imaginary. Tube amp power is rated at 10% distortion, SS amps are rated at 1%, so we are not rating them in the same way, so discussions of power are misleading. SS amps can also run to 10%, but who wants to hear distortion? Any amp distorts if it is pushed too hard. The very first SS amps sounded bad back in the '60s, but they got better. Class D amp sounded bad, but 20 years on, they got better. I think we all know that heat is the enemy of electronics. Tubes have to be hot to work - an unavoidable fact. (There are some cool tunning tubes that are small signal devices used in special applications, not powering loudspeakers.) Tubes eventually wear out and have to be replaced. The heat tends to cause parts to fail earlier than if they ran cooler. The voltage levels used in tube amps are often way over 100 volts, much higher that voltage levels used in most SS amps and so the parts used in tube amps are more costly and sometimes fail spectacularly. Have you priced tubes lately?
SS amps are more energy efficient (especially class D), run cooler (class A amps alwys run warm - they can keep your dinner warm) and - these days in particular - are less expensive. I have and use a lovely glass bottle amp as well a Class A, AB, and D solid state amps. Listen to all sorts of amps on the best speakers (even if you can't afford them - you can't hear the differences on poor speakers) and buy what soounds best to you. No two people hear the same thing. Everybodiy's ears are different, just like noses, eyes, and other body parts. The most transparent amp I have puts out 9 watts and has tubes. But it costs $3000 these days. I have a wonderful sounding amp, 4 channels, over 100 wpc that costs $1000. I have six of them and will soon add a seventh. I like them. I have five systems in the house! Two of them are multi-channel surround sound rigs. I couldn't possibly afford to do that with tube amps. But a well regarded product that sounds good to you and be happy! Enjoy the music!