Adjusting tubes for bias and other tube hassles


OK I'm a newbie here and am thinking about jumping into tubes. (Have sent final tuition payemnt to last child's college.) Am concerned about the hassle of such things as "adjusting for bias," etc. that I've read about. Is it anything that a basically non-handy person has to worry about?
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Adjusting the bias on the majority of today's tube amps is extremely simple. Quite a number of manufacturers now include "auto-biasing" circuits so there is nothing for the user to do. Where manually adjusting the bias is still a requirement, it's usually accompished very simply by turning a screw until an LED turns off or a meter shows a given setting. And biasing is only a very occasional maintenance task one new tubes have settled in a bit. In sum, for the majority of manufacturers today, this is not something to be concerned about -- easy to learn and then do.
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