Why did you lean one way or the other

My mother had a tube amp when I was a kid. I loved my Panasonic Tau tube TV but there were no parts when it broke. My wife grew up with tube amps too. She has banned them for our present system. We have Ice Module amps. 

For me it's always been about experimentation and finding synergistic pairings in my gear. I never really set out to go tube or SS in particular. I just try everything that looks interesting and see what works for my tastes. Sometimes that is tube based, sometimes solid state, sometimes hybrid. 

Right now I've got a Lampizator tube DAC and a Unison Research hybrid integrated. I love the sound they make together. I don't think it's necessarily just because of the presence of tubes or not, just the designs of these particular devices that hit the spot for me. 

One aspect of  tubes that helped lure me in is that late night or early morning glow... 

I went from tubes to hybrid to SS to find the right synergy with my Harbeth 40.3's. I landed on the T+A PA 3100 HV. It is a high-current design meant to sound tube-like, so I'm told. 

But I have a tube DAC and a Tube Phono stage. 

So you could say I lean both ways:)

I’ve had tube and SS gear.   Synergy is everything.   Sometimes it’s tube and sometimes it’s SS.   I’ve kind of landed on my next system as tube pre and SS monoblocks,   Synergy!  YMMV.