The tubes are on for a couple of reasons. One you mentioned, warm up time. The other is to actually preserve the life of the tube. It's coming up from a cold start that takes a toll on the filaments of the tube. The circuit is designed so a low level of current is always running through the tube. It's unlikey the tubes are wired in to the circuit. You would simply pull out the old tube and replace it with a new one . they only fit in the socket one way so you can't mess this up.
Tube life / Replacement Question -Capitole MK II.
I've owned my MKII for about a month now, with zero problems, and I love it. But I have a question. I notice, that when I have the unit in Standby, the tubes are still on. The expected tube life is 10,000 hours (roughly 14 months). Shouldn't the tubes be off in standby to preserve tube life? If the answer is to shut off the whole player - wouldn't it would take many hours to warm-up the player again from a cold start?
If a tube goes bad, how do you replace it? Isn't it hard wired into the circuit (ie, no tube socket)? And, no, I am not a technician, so I wouldn't trust myself with a soldering iron in my hands, working on a piece that retails for $8700 (U.S.). Anyone got any knowledge / advise? (Oh, and one last thing, I have no local dealer to go to).
If a tube goes bad, how do you replace it? Isn't it hard wired into the circuit (ie, no tube socket)? And, no, I am not a technician, so I wouldn't trust myself with a soldering iron in my hands, working on a piece that retails for $8700 (U.S.). Anyone got any knowledge / advise? (Oh, and one last thing, I have no local dealer to go to).
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