Do tubes have a break in period?


Hi, I just re-tubed my Cary V12 and wondered if like other electonic components (cables, cartridges, etc.), do tubes have a break-in period? And if so how long till they sound their best?
mysearcher257

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Though the internals of the 300B tube are larger than those of a lot of other tubes; the same components(cathodes/anodes/grids) & dynamics are present in all: (http://www.stereophile.com/content/search-perfect-300b-tube-page-3) (http://www.stereophile.com/content/search-perfect-300b-tube-tale-burn) Read the follow-up of the article as well, for further notes on burn-in(especially paragraph three).