Problem with biasing


Hi, I have a citation 2 and recently re-tubed with gold lion kt88. I noticed that tube 8 was glowing a little more than the others. So I checked and it was 1.7 volts. My other tubes are 1 volt. Bias 1.68 volts is the lowest I can get which is still too high. Anyone ever have this happen?

kellymack

Hi Kelly.

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I have Audio Research Reference Phono stage, preamp, DAC/ CD player, and amps, Woo head amps WA6, WA6SE, WA 5, and a PrimaLuna integrated amp. I’m thinking about $100 in the last ten years. I had to replace the Prima Luna tubes, and I traded in my Audio Research Reference 5SE for a Reference 6SE before it needed new tubes.

So, I think this is why folks talking about the theory and reality of tubes are so far apart. I had a Sonic Frontiers tubed CD player for fifteen years… the cd transport needed changing out three times, the tubes, none.