Usually I wait until a tube gets noisy to worry about it, I've never had a power tube go bad and damage my amp. I have had rectifiers go out twice once taking out a resistor another time blowing a fuse. Probably a wise thing to do is get a retube now and use your current tubes as emergency backups as tubes can and go get noisy and the least convenient times.
How far over the limit can I go
I am currently just past the recommended 2000 tube life on my power amp. (Audio Research Ref 110). It still sounds glorious. Am I playing with fire here? Or, will I notice some degradation in sound that will prompt the re-tube. I think it's about $1,000 to retube.
Thanks guys!!!
Thanks guys!!!