I had not watched any of Beato’s content for awhile. I enjoyed that interview. Steely Dan is the only music in genre that I liked. Denny gives the credit to Donald Fagen’s compositions.
Some people have more money than I and like to spend it on expensive things. Most of them probably don’t play music for a living. It’s no skin off my nose.
Real tube amps are still my preference. I’ve never considered modeling sims 1:1 equivalent to tube amps for various reasons.
The specific technology matters. The speakers matter. The way the signal gets amplified matters. But, without getting into the details, modeling is not the same...