Best way to break in a tube amp? With cheap tubes?


[1]What's the best way to break-in a tube-amp?
[2]Should it be left on continuously for a few days
or in separate time-segments?
[3]If I have cheap tubes and better tubes, should the
break-in be done with the cheap ones?
[4]Do the tubes themselves need to break in?
[5]Would you do anything differently for a preamp
vs. a power amp?
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this.
rgs92

Showing 1 response by entrope

If you don't listen to it in the first 100 - 200 hours and use cheap tubes- How will you be able to discern any changes in sonic character after the first 100 - 200 hours with premium tubes?

It seems to me you want to run it in regular listening configuration you plan to use and listen to it.

I know- a silly thought - listening to the equipment you buy rather than playing it an empty room for several hundred hours.