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Tube Preamps Should Have This Feature

So it's late or you just want some casual listening for a short time. "Should I fire up my tube pre for 30 minutes?". My answer is "No". Why not let me flip a switch (or push in the volume control) to put my pre into "bypass" mode? Bypass would, effectively, convert your pre into a passive device, keeping the tubes dark.

This sounds useful to me.

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I went with Class A and personally, I don't miss the tubes. I can listen immediately and it warms up in just minutes anyway. Hot even, but not as bad as tubes. You also can up the power for much less cost.

I might get hate mail for saying this, with comments including that Class A doesn't sound like tubes. Which I agree with, they don't sound the same, but I also don't miss tubes. YMMV of course.

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