Sounds like the Pepsi Syndrome! Was anyone drinking a soft drink near the
gear recently?
Seriously, sorry to hear about this...it must have been scary and frustrating,
and I'm sure it remains so. I'd agree with Herman, most certainly some
damage was done and if I were you I'd get both components checked out.
You mentioned replacing tubes in the amp, but it was the preamp that was
smoking. So nothing was changed out in the preamp at all?
On the amp, was it just the 6SN7's or did you pull and replace any other
tubes? Does that amp auto-bias? Weird, though, that preamp failed when it
was the amp you altered. Did you check all your connections...anything
moved? Speaker wire shorting out? When you say "no load mode" do you
mean the preamp was muted at the time? And/or was the amp in standby?
Hmmmmph!
Marco
gear recently?
Seriously, sorry to hear about this...it must have been scary and frustrating,
and I'm sure it remains so. I'd agree with Herman, most certainly some
damage was done and if I were you I'd get both components checked out.
You mentioned replacing tubes in the amp, but it was the preamp that was
smoking. So nothing was changed out in the preamp at all?
On the amp, was it just the 6SN7's or did you pull and replace any other
tubes? Does that amp auto-bias? Weird, though, that preamp failed when it
was the amp you altered. Did you check all your connections...anything
moved? Speaker wire shorting out? When you say "no load mode" do you
mean the preamp was muted at the time? And/or was the amp in standby?
Hmmmmph!
Marco