Not another "Should I leave my amp on question???"

you're kidding, right?

Nope....if I owned a SS amp I would not be asking the question. However, since I own a tube amp and I am somewhat concerrned about burning through tubes it makes me wonder. If I am gone 1-4 hours a day that could end up being roughly an additional 10-25 hours of wear on the tubes per week. As of now I don't shut the amp off in between listening during the day.

Actually, turning it on and off a lot over a short period is actually worse. The repeated heating and cooling off of the tube is not good for it.

Thanks Sugarbrie....this is what I kind of figured and is the reason why I have not been powering the amp down when I am gone for short periods of time. Thank you...

Jla,there are some tube amps I would worry about leaving on while I was away from home. Yours is not one of them. I won't mention any brand names, but some of them are fire hazard(poorly designed)! I would hate to come home to find that my brand X amp had burned my whole house down after it spewed sparks and flames ,in a sort of, mini, Mount St.Helens catastpophic melt down. I have seen power supply failures that burned holes through circuit boards.