Tube Nube questions


I am beginning to roll output tubes in my Primaluna Prologue 2 . What is an average amount of time for new tubes to burn in ?

When I have a handle , after burn in , on the new tubes how long should I need to warm up the old tubes on a warmed up amp to make a fair comparison ?

Thank you .
saki70

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Ok thanks .

Just to make sure that I have it right . You are saying that putting cold tubes into a 'warmed up' amp will still take the same amount of time to come to full sound as when the amp and tubes are both cold ?

By the way , where does Kevin Deal have the biasing procedure printed .
Newbee;
I have it , thank you so much .
Did you find a need for a bias adjustment with tubes other than the 6L6's ?
Just wanted to chime in here .

Anybody who does not think that there is a break in process , with tubes , is wrong !
I plugged these new tubes in and listened immediatly , it sounded thin , vailed and lifeless . Pretty much the same at 1 hour and 4 hours .
Now , at @ 12 hours , the sound has some body , warmth and weight . It now sounds like a tube amp instead of an old cheap boom box .

Happy tunes .