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RE: What is harder on tubes? Turning it on and then off after 1 hour of listening

Leaving them on for a while until you return to listen some more does no harm. Turning them off and then back on a little later will do no harm. Tubes are able to cycle on/off more times than you ever will. Some tubes are designed to better withstand a lot of on/off cycling, and/or staying at in a cutoff state. Don't know which might, if any, apply to your situation.

The tubes will likely play for more hours than you'll be interested in listening to them. In my experience, this is based on vintage tubes, used or new. Not modern production tubes.

I could be wrong. It would be the first time.




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