Tube preamp reliability vs SS?

In some respects, it is easier to live with a tube linestage or preamp than a solid state one.  If you are someone who turns off your solid state linestage, it actually takes much longer for a solid state linestage to be fully warmed up and sounding its best; most tube gear is pretty much fully warmed up in less than 10 minutes. The big convenience factor with solid state is that you can leave a linestage on all of the time.  

In terms of ultimate longevity, in some respects, tube gear has a longer life.  It is easy to refurbish and maintain classic tube gear for decades while a lot of solid state gear is MUCH harder to find replacement transistors, ICs and op amps.

For me, the choice would come down to sonic preference and the kind of amp that the linestage/preamp will be driving.  If the amp is solid state, I would be more inclined to stick with solid state for the linestage/preamp.

I use a tube pre, despite the fact that blown tube passes DC and has smoked 2 pairs of speakers .YMMV

 Most likely a good choice for you, tubes can only increase the nervosa aspect of our hobby: hmmmm sounds a little off today, is a tube going bad, should I hunt down a NOS at ridiculous prices? You get the idea.
 Of course, if like me you were enchanted by the sound,  you're stuck.......

 

It is easy to refurbish and maintain classic tube gear for decades while a lot of solid state gear is MUCH harder to find replacement transistors, ICs and op amps.

Isn't *that* the truth! The hardest part about keeping older solid state gear alive is finding the semiconductors! The irony is that many semiconductors are far more obsolete than most vacuum tubes...

Would running low freq music, heavy bass techno etc etc through system break in the capacitors at all on preamp? Adding more bass overall???