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Originally Posted by Brent Hutto
On amps without a standby switch, then would it be best to turn it on and leave it on if you're going to be away for an hour or two? Seems like having fewer cold startups might be more important to tube life than avoid an extra hour of sitting around at idling at full steady-state plate voltage.
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No, that's not ideal either. Single ended amps such as this run the power tube full-on all the time, so you are wearing down your power tube by leaving the amp on when not in use, as you would be to a lesser extent with a push-pull amp as well.