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" My friend plans on leaving the system on 24/7 so tubes are a no go."

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In Reply to: RE: The Lounge is superb but another great one would be... posted by Isaak J. Garvey on August 25, 2016 at 07:09:28

I was surprised at the apparent non-wear I experienced with a Manley DAC years ago. Just for grins. I left it on 24/7 to see when the tubes failed or wore out. Like the Park Audio, it used a pair of inexpensive dual triodes and found that after a year using some NOS RCA tubes, it sounded pretty much the same.

I found a pic of the Budgie's board and see two op amps and four transistors so it appears to be a hybrid design.

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RE: " My friend plans on leaving the system on 24/7 so tubes are a no go." - Isaak J. Garvey 11:34:25 08/25/16 (1)
Interesting experiment. I don't think he is concerned with wear and tear, but more so liability. With a nightly cleaning service and co workers..curious hands can only lead to no good.

And I think most "tubed" phono preamps at this price point probably use the tube as a buffer. That is my guess.
- RE: " My friend plans on leaving the system on 24/7 so tubes are a no go." - E-Stat 12:24:16 08/25/16 (0)
  Understood and agree!

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