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In Reply to: Balancing preamp warm up with tube life posted by erik_squires@hotmail.com on April 2, 2006 at 10:01:04:
Voltage-gain tubes last thousands of hours. If that's 4800, you'll get a thousand weekends ( = TWENTY YEARS!) out of one pair of tubes.Don't fret; enjoy the music.
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- I'd turn it on Friday nite, off Sunday nite, and not worry about tube life. - jeffreybehr 10:32:10 04/02/06 (5)
- Re: I'd turn it on Friday nite, off Sunday nite, and not worry about tube life. - Jim McShane 14:59:03 04/02/06 (4)
- How about...turn it on Friday nite but turn it off at every bedtime. You're now down to... - jeffreybehr 23:46:48 04/02/06 (1)
- Hee Hee! You Math Major You! (nt) - Jim McShane 07:14:03 04/03/06 (0)
- Oh hell, Jim, I'm an accountant; you don't expect me to be able to do simple arithmetic, do you? - jeffreybehr 15:41:26 04/02/06 (1)
- I wish the IRS felt that way about arithmetic -nt- - hartwerger 08:47:45 04/03/06 (0)