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Dude ... What's the story on your user name? Lol ...
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Agreed , I also don't use the internal DAC.
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Probably tmi but I fart a lot. Per my grandmother been that way forever.
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Should have picked a better name! Lmao
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I bought a second hand c2500 and am very happy with it. It looks great, sounds great too! Was concerned about the DAC and other features that the newer C2600 has initially but for the price, I thought no worries.
Mine will be for keeps for a long long time... |
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How do you know when it is time to change out the stock tubes? |
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I have a buddy who worked on my hesitance to change to tube equipment, saying that in low power applications (like a preamp) they should last a long time. He said his preamp tubes have nearly eight years on them and don't need replacement. Though I don't use a turntable, I replaced all six with a set of "matched" ones. If my memory serves me they were just north of $200 or so.
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i would have just changed only 2 tubes and leave the other 4 as a backup.
your friend is right, good quality tubes may last 5k hrs to 10k hrs. |
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Cheers mate!
So the stock tubes should last more than the 3,000 hours my dealer is saying. Perhaps when it is due for changing, then I will roll it. |
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ended up picking up the c2500 and an mc275. wont do any tube rolling until the stock ones poop out, sounds pretty good to me as is.
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