I've owned tube amps that were turned off and on thousands of times over decades with zero damage to anything. Jolida amps have a "soft start" feature that warms the tubes up before the amp goes to the "actually on" mode and that likely helps tube life, but note that tubes can blow up on their own which could burn down your yurt…my tube amp is off if I'm out of the house for more than 15 minutes…love my yurt.
Tube amp powered up?
I'm in the habit of leaving all my SS components powered up all the time, as advised by the first dealer I knew, back in the 80s. Now, I have a tube integrated (jolida 302b,and a vintage tube receiver. Some say leave the tubes on all the time, because what hurts them is the surge when they're turned on. Makes sense to me, but all the dealers, gurus, soothsayers and technicians advise bringing the tubes down when not listening. Anybody have an opinion?
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