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is it ok to leave a tube amp on without speakers connected

I'm blessed to have two amps but one set of speakers in my listing room - all tubes.  Instead of cutting off one to listen to the other, I would like to listen to the other without powering off the one i'm not listening to.  

Question:  Can tube amps be powered on without speakers connected for hours at a time?
mudbone
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joeinid
658 posts
 
No, I don't know the specific reason, but was told that the speakers provide a load on the amps, and especially for tube amps, it's not okay.
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noromance
9,769 posts
 
No. 
oddiofyl's avatar
oddiofyl
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You will damage the output transformer with no load on the amp
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tpreaves
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Octave Audio tube amps can be run without a load but, you really shouldn't be connecting/unconnecting speakers under power any way.
rcprince
3,070 posts
 
No, and agree you should never connect and disconnect speakers with the amps on in any case.
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