Help with a new Tube headphone amp blowing fuses


Received a new headphone amp this week to replace one from same manufacturer that is still serving me well but wanted to try a little more power, new amp 1.4 watts versus a .35 watt on the older one. Have about 25 hours on new amp and turned it on this morn loaded CD and after about a minute the music was replaced with an elevated fuzzy noise right before fuse blew, replaced fuse and it blew a second or two after turning unit on, saw nothing unusual going on with the tube glow, replaced New amp with the older amp in system and all is well. What are the possibilities of fault here, would like to handle myself without having to send back to Japan for warranty work.
tooblue

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Don't know what you have but it's possibly setup for 100 volt Japanese power which could cause it to blow up pretty fast if you're using 120 volts.

Let me know if you are interested, tooblue and we can figure something out. Although I'm sure there are some repair guys nearer you.
tooblue - I am a Camel fan, so the moniker is related to their album Raindances...
OK, so you have a couple of options:
1. Have the manufacturer send you the part and have someone install it (like me). This assumes the diagnosis is correct.
2. Send it back. I am sure shipping is not a significant percentage of the cost of the unit.
3. Send it to me. It may take a while, as I have a real job :)

You could try Google translate to communicate with the factory. These guys have a reputation to uphold and they should work with you.

I don't know which transformer is evidently bad but a weird hissing noise sure sounded like a bad tube to me.