onemug, I too wait to power up my amp again after a listening session. At least one hour, but I try not to power down until the music is over for the day. Cannot always do, of course, but that practice is in my listening choreography.
How can do you extend the life of your tubes?
My amp premp and cdp are tubes. I read years ago, proportionatley, the most tube wears comes from powering up. And shutting down, and then powering up shortly is life shortener for sure. Shortly is too vauge. What do you tubers do to lenghten the life of your tubes, especially when we're talkng NOS and the like? thanks in advance.