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In Reply to: Me too -- except the Maggies of course... posted by JoeLip on September 8, 2006 at 19:06:18:
They are still in top condition. I am not a tubes man but I would have thought that they have a life span...2 years sounds like quite a time, I was wondering how you tell if they are past their best.
My friend uses a tubed DAC and that sounded great but for the sake of it we swapped tubes and the older ones were very much past their best... everything became more focused with fresh tubes, We had just got used to how the old ones sounded.Have fun,
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I need to get a new set of tubes for the linestage!
I've had these tubes in there for 14 months!cheers,
Close to the Edge, down by the river....
-Ray
Hi,So how do we know if they've degraded? Mine are at least 27 months old (the most recent ones purchased, but it was only two line-level tubes, not the phono set). They still sound GREAT. The C-J manual states 2-3 year expected lifetime, but I'm guessing they're talking turning the preamp off after use.
Joe
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Close to the Edge, down by the river....
-Ray
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