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Repair for n Art Audio Jota in Los Angeles?

About a month ago, one of the two Mullard GZ37 rectifiers in my beloved Art Audio Jota started glowing bright red and emitting awful sounds. I shut the rig off and ordered a replacement tube. That worked fine — for about three weeks. Last night: same awful sonics and heat and bright red glow. I’m assuming that there is something other than the tube itself awry here.
Might anyone recommend a good, honest, well-organized repair shop in Los Angeles? Grateful for your wisdom and guidance.
With thanks,
Howard.
hrodman

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Sorry to hear of your issue. I am going through something similar with one of my tube mono blocks right now. I don’t live in LA, but I believe that George Meyer in the LA area, or Brooks Berdan, as suggested above are well respected repair shops. Probably going to be using their services myself.
Tube amps...they sound great, but boy are they a real PITA when it comes to the number of failures that can occur...and their overall reliability and robustness.
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