Audio research reference 10 tube replacement


If I use this preamp 12 hours a day how long Will it take before I need to replace tubes?

I hear Macintosh preamp tubes Will last 9000 hours.  Don't mind replacing a couple tubes but very expensive to replace all the audio research tubes.

Otherwise looks like a nice preamp

jumia

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Reference 11 is a pipe dream it will never happen.

Reference 6SE upgrade will likely have a second chassis and Will be the new ref 10.  Unfortunately the upgrade won't happen for years as the 6SE upgrade really hurt customer relations, it was a mess 4 everybody.  They left the people hanging who bought reference six, how miserable

I'm hearing ref 10 is a dinosaur and not really a good buy at this point.

 

It appears maintenance costs Of 6SE r quite unfavorable.  If you plan on using it a lot for stereo and home theater listening and including electricity costs it may reach as high as $100 a month and that's a lot.

I don't think people really factor in electricity costs although at least standby is very minimal but when active it's close to 150 watts it adds up.

So much for serving a planet which I'm not too optimistic about decreased carbon. The trend is extremely unfavorable kind of sad