Puppethead,
IMO, i only found tube equipment required a warm up periode.
It is fun when you warm up the equipment for the first time and get the 'cool' outgassing smell.
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later,
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Outlaw 990/7125, Oppo, Xbox 360, Paradigm (L/R/C), Polk (S), M&K Sub w/ SMS-1, Samsung LED-DLP HDTV, Signal Cable, Brickwall