The CT6 thread

[Feanor]

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An annoyance with tubes in general is the warm up time. Maybe it's a bit worse with the CT6 but it takes a good 30 to 45 minutes to get where it sounds like it should. Sometimes I may only have 45 or 60 minutes, heck by the time tubes get to sounding right I have to go. I put up with it though because when it is right there's nothing else that can sway me, that I can afford any way

If there is anything that would drive me back to a S/S preamp, it would be the warm-up time. My habit is the same as yours, Mr. Pl I often listen for an hour or less and having to wait for warm up is tedious; it's either that or leave the system running which burns more electricity and shortens the tubes' playing life.

My Sonic Frontiers keeps the tube in a low-voltage powered-on state; notwithstanding, it take 15-20 minutes to reach optimum sound.