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MHDT Paradesea Repair? New Tube?

I have a MHDT Paradesea+ DAC. I stopped working the other day. I tried another DAC and it worked fine. When i plug in the Paradesea i can hear a VERY faint sounds coming out of the speakers. I tried going USB, coax...no go. Could it be the tube died? If not, does anybody repair these things? Is it worth it?
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shakeydeal
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Why would you sweat a 75.00 tube? Even if it's not the problem, if you keep the DAC you will eventually need to replace it.

BTW, have owned the Havana for ~3.5 yrs. and have replaced the tube once already. It is an excellent sounding DAC.

Shakey
shakeydeal
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"I am really questioning what he told you. Just because a tube is lighting up doesn't mean it isn't introducing noise."

I agree with this. A tube is NOT like an incandescent light bulb. Bad output tubes will continue to glow. That tells you nothing at all.

Shakey
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