desert fox
Well-Known Member
Just came back from vacation and turned on the stereo. I never seen a tube go out like that!!! Lots of smoke and the coolest blue light show, prob would have caught fire if I wasn't around. Thankfully it wasn't the amp. Oh well, running all NOS that I have been sitting on. I was holding out till I got a sub woofer before I wanted to re-tubed it with the Jan/philips. I was running shitty Japanese tubes. Sounds pristine now.
I guess I will ask here vs signing up to a message board to ask a single question. I know there is some smart people and guitar player on here. Is that normal for a tube to go out like that? It was a 6L6 that was about 8 months old....in a class A push/pull....running 12ax7 and 12au7 pre's as recommended, so no tube tweaking for gain.
I guess I will ask here vs signing up to a message board to ask a single question. I know there is some smart people and guitar player on here. Is that normal for a tube to go out like that? It was a 6L6 that was about 8 months old....in a class A push/pull....running 12ax7 and 12au7 pre's as recommended, so no tube tweaking for gain.