Okay amp gurus, what is a 'discrete' method of design..

[RacerX]

"All tube" is never an accurate description.

Are there wires? Potentiometers? A transformer or two? Do the tubes plug into sockets?

There ya go. "Non-tube" components in "all tube" amps.

[dunwichamps]

generally speaking passives are not considered in that description.

[RacerX]

generally speaking passives are not considered in that description.

Fine. Way to poop on my parade.

[dunwichamps]

generally speaking passives are not considered in that description.

Fine. Way to poop on my parade.

its all good. its not something that means much to me or in my mind has a lot of meaning. Most amps use some kind of solid state component somewhere, with the usual case being the power supply diode. Even amps which use tube rectos have bias diodes unless the amp is cathode biased.

[RacerX]

I now want a solidstate head housed in a headshell made of melted tubes. That's what's known in the biz as a "hybrid," right?