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How do I break in a tube amplifier?

I should be taking delivery of my Yaqin MC-30L tube amplifier this weekend. I believe the dealer is going to set it up and bias it and may even let it run for a few hours before I pick it up. It's going to be a 2nd system sharing speakers with my primary home theater system so I will have few opportunities to leave it running for extended periods of time.

Does it do any good to just leave the amplifier turned on or does it actually need to by playing music?
mceljo
wolf_garcia
6,734 posts
 
No...do not play the amp until you've rested your ears for at least 112 minutes, you've cleaned up around the amp to avoid the dreaded "dust particle comb filtering", and you're made sure all the neighbors have shut down any major appliances. Then you're all set.
saki70
907 posts
 
LOL...leave the guy alone , he's just trying to learn .
isochronism
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Ending "idiot" comments in random posts on 11-3-13:
#1 Bo1972: ... what an idiot!!
#2 Don_c55: Are you an idiot ...?
Which idiot will make the #3 ending idiotic comment for today?? HA
(maybe I just did)
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mapman
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Just play the dern thing.
mceljo OP
1,357 posts
 
It's getting played a lot today and it's really enjoyable listening. It's really growing on me.

It seems that if I flap my arms like a chicken five times before I power the amp on the resulting sound is far superior unless I'm wearing a belt, then it doesn't work at all.

The iDiot :-o
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