"Hardly Used / Less than 100 Hours / Took out for pics only"????

Some just know what they're listening for, and if it's not there, they move on. To my ears, you'll pretty much hear 90% of what something is all about(maybe not with fresh speakers) right out of the box.

I recently picked up a "less than 100 hour" phono stage at a fantastic price, considering it's a new model released earlier this year.

It's tubed, and by the sound,(nice, but...) they had exactly 37 hours and 20 minutes.

A month in, they now  have 72 hours and 5 minutes. I got impatient and put in the NOS glass-cookin with gas now!

@thecarpathian  You are correct sir. 🤣

"If equipment is used 5 days per week, for two hours per day, only gets 120 hours use in 6 months."  2 hrs/day x 5 days/week x 26 weeks = 260 hours.

But 260 is the new 120.  

[@bigtwin]"If equipment is used 5 days per week, for two hours per day, only gets 120 hours use in 6 months. I have sold equipment in 6 months. Not often but it happens."

I see what you did there.