IMO I would use a SS amp to burn in. When I had my Octave and needed to break in new speakers I borrowed a SS amp to run them 7/24 for 450 hrs (approx 19 days). When I went to work I didn't want any
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tube failures even though Octave has a fantastic protection circuit. I had several SED 6550 and EL34 failures but I did get my Octave just before the shut down the plant in Russia for quality problems. SED were the stock tubes. Not all tube amps have have protection circuits like Octave but use a resistor that will burn when a tube arcs over.
Quicken the burn in time for new speakers by using a cheaper SS amp?
I'm in the process of buying a new pair of speakers and I would like to burn them in quickly without using my main tube amp (I'm new to the tube amp scene, but it's my understanding that you should not run a tube amps for very long periods) and by running them for longer periods using a much cheaper SS amp. I'm thinking about using a cheap $125 Integrated Yamaha Amp http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-R-S201BL-2-Channel-Stereo-Receiver/dp/B00F0H88SY/ref=sr_1_1?s=electroni.... The new speakers are going to run me about $3K. I'm willing to buy the cheaper amp just to burn in the new speakers. Any advice or comments would be appreciated.