Leaving tube amps on.

@pindac Thank you for your response. But what is Valve red plating ? I never heard of it. 

@wolf_garcia 

Ha.

Love it! People can get a bit precious about tubes.

There was a time, when everything ran off tubes…

First thing I turn on when I wake up, is the system. Last thing I turn off, is the system. Listen before I leave for work, listen when I get home.

If I leave the house, I turn it off. If I’m going to be working on something around the house for anything over an hour, I turn it off. I listen to radio a lot…

I have a couple of systems here that I switch out (tube and SS pre amps, tube and SS power amps.) with different speakers. I tend to treat SS and Tubes the same.

Turn on if I’m there, turn off if I’m going away.

I have a friend who bought a SE EL34 amp off AliExpress. He never turned it off. It sat in a small area on a shelf, with poor ventilation. One speaker cable had come undone from the banana plug, so left channel was not connected to a speaker. Tubes were original and of very low quality. Nothing bad happened…

I have not owned high-powered tube amps.  None of the amps I’ve owned really required much warm up.  I turn them on and start listening immediately.  If they seem a bit off, that goes away in a minute or so.  If the sound is enjoyable right from the start, even if it is less than optimal, why would you not start listening immediately?  If you sessions are short, it is even more imperative to start immediately.

If high power tube amplifiers are as hazardous as outlined in several post above, then how come they are not banned in the state of California?

Worrying about tube seems a little strange.  You knowingly purchased and expensive amplifier with a large number of tubes.  Do people who buy exotic Italian supercars worry about the cost of an oil change?

Not to derail this topic but I've been thinking of getting a tube preamp. Is there ANY safety concerns leaving them on 24/7 especially the models with tube rectifiers?