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From: ag@sics.se (Anders G|ransson)
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Subject: Re: Leaving components turned on.
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Date: 31 Dec 90 15:09:02 GMT
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>>>>> In article <8587@uwm.edu>, hqyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:

hqyy>     In the case of tube amps or pre-amps, use your judgement:
hqyy> if left on, tube life will be considerably shortened and you also risk
hqyy> damage from voltage spikes.

I used my judgment to effect of a "burnout" of one  my modified
Dynaco Mark VI. It is now repaired and I got the pair up for
sale.
The difference between warmed up and cold amplifiers were with
this equipment really great, that's why I left them on.
But, there is the consideration of the tubes lifetime as well. 
I read somewhere that the lifetime in hours were somewhat
prolonged by never turning the amp. off but then again they're on
so many more hours so you'll have to replace the tubes more
frequently. In Sweden, at least, that's an affair costing about
2000 SEC, (appr. 400$).  

Could someone give an estimate what a pair of these mark VI
would cost in U.S.A. How many of them were sold?
For information I can tell that I paid 10 000 SEC for my pair.
(aprrox. 1 200 $).
I guess that was a bit too expensive even for the Swedish
market.


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  name(!): Anders G|ransson, (Not a very serious character).