VT 60 hopefully ok after sitting

Posted by NuWave (A) on January 15, 2015 at 19:55:18

I have an Audio Research VT 60 that's been sitting in a closet for 5+ years that I wanted to start listening to again as I'm making some system changes. When I turn it on, the green power light comes on for a split second then goes off. The four 6550 tubes continue to light up, along with the left and right 6922 tubes, but the center 6922 stays off. No sound. Is this tube likely the problem? Or worse could it be the amp that's messed up. I know close to nothing about tubes beyond they light up, get hot, and sound good when they work. What is the function of the three smaller tubes on a power amp? I guess I can start by replacing that one tube and see what happens. Could there be another issue when an amp sits for a while? Or is it an age issue with tubes and maybe they all might need to be replaced. I think the tubes were replaced before I purchased the amp and I put very few hours on it before I switched to a solid state Meridian.

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Topic - VT 60 hopefully ok after sitting - NuWave 19:55:18 01/15/15 (21)

RE: VT 60 hopefully ok after sitting - kentaja 04:55:44 01/22/15 (2)

RE: wow - NuWave 17:32:32 01/31/15 (1)

RE: wow - kentaja 06:29:29 02/01/15 (0)

Good news or the bad news......? - NuWave 18:50:51 01/16/15 (3)

RE: Good news or the bad news......? - Michael Samra 11:14:11 01/17/15 (2)

no luck - NuWave 16:43:31 01/18/15 (1)

RE: no luck - Jonesy 11:02:57 01/21/15 (0)

RE: VT 60 hopefully ok after sitting - Caucasian Blackplate 10:18:24 01/16/15 (1)

RE: can't figure it out - NuWave 07:02:03 01/20/15 (0)

Could be a socket issue - Alpha Al 06:46:22 01/16/15 (6)

RE: Could be a socket issue - Michael Samra 08:18:16 01/16/15 (5)

RE: i'll try the swap tonight - NuWave 10:01:49 01/16/15 (4)

RE: i'll try the swap tonight - Alpha Al 14:17:24 01/16/15 (1)

RE: i'll try the swap tonight - Michael Samra 14:37:35 01/16/15 (0)

RE: i'll try the swap tonight - Caucasian Blackplate 10:26:48 01/16/15 (1)

RE: i'll try the swap tonight - NuWave 12:02:57 01/16/15 (0)

RE: VT 60 hopefully ok after sitting - Michael Samra 20:58:38 01/15/15 (4)

RE: VT 60 hopefully ok after sitting - Frihed89 01:36:34 01/16/15 (3)

RE: power light - NuWave 07:03:47 01/16/15 (2)

RE: power light - Frihed89 00:53:24 01/17/15 (0)

Not necessarily - Michael Samra 07:44:23 01/16/15 (0)

VT 60 hopefully ok after sitting

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