Balance on Tube Amp

When you swap tubes between the left and right channels, doe the balance change? If yes, you may want to go for matched tubes in the future. 

I will try that today just to make sure they are matched tubes.

The tubes were suppose to be matched for they all have markings

of were to place them...Will not hurt to try rolling them..

Thank You ..I really love this Reflection Amp..

The Chase Unit is a far better choice, even if just using the REMOTE BALANCE,

small risk, likely work together, total $85.

this one, broken, comes with a needed remote

CHASE RLC-1, to get the remote needed for a unit without a remote $30.

get the non-working unit to have a case in good condition  

Powers On, needs remote $55.

or

New in Box, asking $210, make offer

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Well just changed power tubes left to right and that seems to have made enough correction for my hearing ..Will have to play some more music to prove what I am hearing... I saw the tubes from factory were marked for locations in amp and like anything not always test numbers prove best sound for individual listening hearing.

There was/is a thread running in this forum from an OP who noted that one side of his system was noticeably stronger than the other side and he was looking for troubleshooting tips.

As far as your tubes, I don’t have any experience with your gear, but I do have a test CD that has a specific tone for testing AC voltage (with a multimeter set to ACV) at the speaker terminals or amp terminals. I have noted that the tubes in the balanced input sockets of my preamp will have an effect on thie readings. In other words, if one side has a higher reading than the other side, if I swap the balanced input tubes around, the high and low readings follow the tubes.

Where I was going with all of that, is maybe you have a weak tube(s) in your tube complement and it isn’t your hearing causing the issue you are experiencing.

(As far as your power tubes, I would have thought that if the bias was equal on both sides, that would compensate for a weak tube.  After re-reading your thread, maybe I was wrong in my thinking.)