Replacement tube recommendation for a Mcintosh amplifier?

It may not be the tubes, but it is always a fundamental question isn't it.

"probably, maybe, wish there was ...."

an inexpensive tube tester will take the guesswork out of it. anyone with tube equipment should have one, otherwise ......

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I use this one, very portable

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1. switch amps, noise should move with the noisy amp. Good amp/speaker quiet, speaker is good.

IF noise remains on the originally noisy side, then something on the speaker's crossover is going.

2. you can switch tubes, 1 at a time, from one mono-block to the other, see if the problem goes away. or moves to the other amp when ____ tube is moved.

if tubes from noisy amp are NOT noisy in the now quiet amp, then it ain't the tubes, it's something else with the amp.

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@elliottbnewcombjr

+1 yep, it is a pretty simple logical task of switching tubes to isolate it to one or a few tubes. From what you said it is in one of your amps… so you can use the tubes in the good one to trouble shoot the one with the noise. Macs are well made so it is the most likely a tube problem.
 

I always order a spare set of tubes when I get a tube component. You can use these to narrow any tube issues to an individual tube, then get a replacement. Remember the same tubes on a single side should be matched.