The accepted wisdom in the audiophile community is you get what you pay for, i.e. a good implementation of any given amp topology remains a good implementation regardless of the topology. Once you get to a certain $$$ range, the sound of tube amps and transistor amps (and class D amps I might add) begins to converge.

Maybe but plenty of AB tests have shown that they can't actually hear the difference they talk about. Those who are aware of this and objective save a lot of money by buying quality - still a lot of dollars but not the most you can spend.