Amps will not hold bias.


I have a pair of Cary Audio 300B monos that will not hold bias, it is not the tubes as I have several to choose from and the amp's have the issue regardless of the tubes installed. I am sure that you guys probably know what the problem is so I thought I would ask before sending them to Cary.
clshaw57

Showing 1 response by zipost

If you are for sure that your tubes are not bad and the socket which holds these tubes are check and inpected then your answer would be:


There could be two things.

1) Your bias pot are going bad. Clean and do measurement on both channel.  See if you get a reading.  Turning clock wise or counter clock wise will either increase or decrease.  If both has the same reading ( you are good).

Next step. 

2) one of the resistors to ground could be open or bad.