Depending on the particular design either transistor or tube amps usually run for at least a few years, and can be repaired indefinitely, so long as parts are available.
Tube amps tend to deteriorate so gradually that the user often doesn't realize it. Transistor amps tend to quit abruptly. Tube amp reliability is degraded by the high voltages that the circuits require and by the heat which tubes generate.
Tube amps tend to deteriorate so gradually that the user often doesn't realize it. Transistor amps tend to quit abruptly. Tube amp reliability is degraded by the high voltages that the circuits require and by the heat which tubes generate.