Overpriced Tube Amps

thanks for the advice mr zappa.

George- I was being sarcastic, I love tubes - it is very hard to pick up sarcasm in text.

Gunbei, it's spelled 'Absinthe', BUT if you have been drinking that stuff, the way you spelled it (only 1 letter off) is pretty good..... ;)

One of the biggest myth about tube gear is the tube life.
Many folks thought that they need to get new set of tubes every 2 years or so. In reality, if you listen to your setup average 25 hours a week, you probably won't need to replace the tube for at least 5 years. In 5 years, many of us might already sold the amp and try something else.
NOS tubes is like real estate, folks just buy them up so that they don't have to pay premium price for it later.
The question would be: How long do you plan to keep the amp?
As far as for preamp tube goes, they're even less wear. Most of time, you probably will never need to replacement or maybe every 10 years.

I would suggest that tube gear lovers should just go out and get that gear you want. The good old rusted transformer can still function very well. I have gears from the 50's and they sound better than many of the modern gears.

This really shows quality of the good old parts. Why do some folks love good old chevy nova? reliable and can take abuse.