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In Reply to: Eli to vet this? Small signal tubes tend to last a long time, power tubes and rectifiers less. posted by Timbo in Oz on April 18, 2015 at 16:25:36:
Friend of mine had a Cary 300B integrated, never turned it off for 7 years. Brought in for repairs, since a resistor blew, the tubes, 300B's and 6sn7's all tested as new.
Early 90's production of Chinese and Russian tubes gave tubes a bad name. Chinese tube used to literally blow up, now they simply die,as will the Russian stuff.
American and European NOS stuff were actully as tough as nails, in my experience. Turn off and on, no problem: overload their rated specs, and very little issues.
Yeah modern Russian and Chinese stuff have gotten considerably better, no question. But I really like my NOS stuff
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- RE: Eli to vet this? Small signal tubes tend to last a long time, power tubes and rectifiers less. - unclestu 17:47:50 04/18/15 (1)
- Hi Stu, - Timbo in Oz 18:54:00 04/18/15 (0)