Describe the "new HiFi sound"?

There is no new hi fi sound. The sound of real music hasn't changed so why would there be a new hi fi sound. Just sayin...

@hilde45 

+1 no, make that +1000.  :)

In my case, when I slowly migrated through 70s-90s velvety sounding mosfet solid state amplifiers I then moved towards EL34 / KT88 ultralinear and other triode tube amps still holding some of that same type of familiar golden era velvety sound. Speakers are all over the map. I’ll won't digress into a rabbit hole too much.

Later I jumped into newer generation point-to-point wired mono tube amplifiers with modern transformers and KT150 output tubes, a more ’linear sound" or new "HiFi Sound" comments started to surface in different tube amp forum circles.

I probably align with prior posts about how more clarity, transparency, and resulting detail could be characterized by some as being a new/different type of sound compared to the older "golden era" days of equipment and HiFi sound.

Fortunately, keeping preamps / amps / tubes / speakers of both types around.

Thanks for the fun and interesting replies so far - keep them coming folks! 👍

Never knew there existed a "new hifi sound"...what do I know...I'll keep my "old hifi sound" thank you very much...😁

Well, the so-called youngsters believe that anything older than themselves is garbage and needs to be redesigned and redefined. The poor manic depressives, they have my sympathy. They need to get a life and stop being so introverted.