Got Tubes???

[Early B.]

I just received my Jolida integrated amp, and after one minute of playing, one of the power tubes died (Svet 6550). It may be due to a bad tube or a biasing problem, but I don't want to buy new tubes until I know for certain why the tube blew out in the first place.

Just wondering if any of you guys have any used 6550's laying around that you can relinquish to a fellow Polk brethren. If so, please PM me.

Thanks.

[organ]

Sorry to hear about that. Did you buy used or new? If new, the store should have a warranty on the tubes as well.

Depending on how your amp was designed to be biased, you can't just pop another 6550 in there. You'll need a matched quad. Did you look underneath to see if there's any damage on the amp? It's probably just a bad tube. If you find out it's the tube, order a matched quad and make them send it out express. That sucks, the amp didn't even get to warm up yet.

Maurice

[HBombToo]

Originally posted by Early B.
but I don't want to buy new tubes until I know for certain why the tube blew out in the first place.


Thanks.

I agree.

h

[Early B.]

Depending on how your amp was designed to be biased, you can't just pop another 6550 in there. You'll need a matched quad.

According to the manual, they don't need to be matched. However, I'll eventually buy a new matched set.

Did you look underneath to see if there's any damage on the amp?

No damage that I can tell.

I bought it used. I've spoken to the previous owner already, but I want to see if it's just a bad tube before I talk to him again.

[RuSsMaN]

I'm fairly certain I have a Sovtek 6550 single around here.

Let me look.

Cheers,
Russ

[Early B.]

A big shout out goes to Madmax for hooking me up with the spare tubes I need. I should be back in business by Friday.