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Leave the pre on all th time

The tubes in it should go thousands of hours before problems. Pre's
tend to run tubes far below their max operating characteristics
(Audible Illusions are one exception) so they tend to last longer than expected.
You'll want to leave it up if possible to lessen warm up time
which with some pre's is a few hours before they thermally stabilize and sound
their best. If you're using shockingly expensive tubes in the
pre you may want to shut it down if you're away for days, but I've found tubes
are kind of like light bulbs, you get more hours out of them if you run them constantly.
Others may have a different opinion or experience.

If your SS amps have a standby mode that helps
shorten their warm-up as well.


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