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Blown tubes....

A tube can fail gracefully and just stop conducting. Better that than a short, by far. I have a pair of ASL Wave-8's that were playing happily one day. I heard a small, delicate "clink!" and one channel started doing exactly what you describe. The envelope had cracked, and it was obvious which tube it was because the getter was gone.

You might have a set of 100-year tubes, but stats catch up to us all.

"LOL Those tubes should last a 100 years.Call me when you can."

ETA: 100 years x 365 days a year x 5 hours of operation a day is 182,500 hours. What tubes are those? Impressive life span, that.



Edits: 04/18/14 04/18/14 04/18/14 04/18/14 04/19/14 04/19/14 04/19/14

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