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In Reply to: RE: Sounds like you have a micrphonic tube. posted by FenderLover on December 10, 2014 at 16:53:39
When the Tube squealed I turned the preamp off. When I turned it back on, it was silent. I didnt swap channels, but to be on the safe side, I pulled both tubes out and replaced them with the orignal tubes. The orignal tubes are playing just fine. Not sure what happened to be honest. I will be ordering another set of fresh tubes soon. I'm going to be monitoring the new set by utilizing the hour counter in my power amp as reference. I'm going to change them out at 3.5 k hours like clock work. I don't want to take chances at hurting the circuit.
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Ya know what? I think im going to just bite the bullet and buy new 6h30's from ARC. Yes, they are very expensive by comparison, but from what I'm reading, I'll be sure to get tubes that are matched perfectly, and optimized for the parameters of my circuit... If I'm only changing them out every 4 years or so, who gives a crap. At least I know that these are the best selection for MY gear.
Sounds good. Keep us posted, on how the new tubes work out in your unit.
To answer you- yes it could be the tube that is responsible foor the sound, and no there aren't any tube time keepers I am aware of, but some gear keeps a log of the number of hours it has been used.
Steve
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