AVcrazy
Member
So I was at my friends place yesterday to check out his newly acquired Jolida Fusion 3502 tube amplifier. Apparently he got it for a steal during his last visit to the States.
Anywho, we were listening for quite a while when suddenly we stumbled onto this track from Philip glass. I like this album 'glassworks', some of the tracks I listen to at night to help me sleep.
Now I'm prone to doze off in the first two tracks itself and this leaves my setup running for about an hour or two. Naturally it stays ON for the rest of the night.
So I told him this and he remarked that I should definitely never get a tube amp coz I'll end up frying the amp in a weeks time if I leave it ON throughout the night. I argued that that's nonsense since I've left lots of amps on for days and nothing happened. Heck I had a Norge amp which I had attached with my TV and it never turned off for months!!
He gave me all sorts of reasons and after some time I gave in, stating that I'll go home and search for a scientific answer.
So here I am. I know it's a stupid question. How bad is it if I leave a tube amp ON for a considerable amount of time? Does it decrease the life of the tubes? If yes by how much?
I searched on the net but there doesn't seem to be a very clear-cut or scientific answer to this.
Thanks for your help!
Kind regards
AVcrazy
Anywho, we were listening for quite a while when suddenly we stumbled onto this track from Philip glass. I like this album 'glassworks', some of the tracks I listen to at night to help me sleep.
Now I'm prone to doze off in the first two tracks itself and this leaves my setup running for about an hour or two. Naturally it stays ON for the rest of the night.
So I told him this and he remarked that I should definitely never get a tube amp coz I'll end up frying the amp in a weeks time if I leave it ON throughout the night. I argued that that's nonsense since I've left lots of amps on for days and nothing happened. Heck I had a Norge amp which I had attached with my TV and it never turned off for months!!
He gave me all sorts of reasons and after some time I gave in, stating that I'll go home and search for a scientific answer.
So here I am. I know it's a stupid question. How bad is it if I leave a tube amp ON for a considerable amount of time? Does it decrease the life of the tubes? If yes by how much?
I searched on the net but there doesn't seem to be a very clear-cut or scientific answer to this.
Thanks for your help!
Kind regards
AVcrazy