Tube microphonics


Hello. I am using Audio Research Ref 750 mono blocks and they in front of my speakers but off to the sides. Someone told me on another site that if I move the amps beside the speakers and not in front of them , my system will improve immensely. It will reduce tube microphonics. What are your opinions of this and I just want to say that I’m very new to tube amps so this is something I never heard of before. Thank you all. 

tattooedtrackman

Showing 1 response by curiousjim

Arc puts damping rings only on the smaller tubes  (In my case they’re 6922’s.) for a reason.  They are the most sensitive to microphonics. Having said that,  all tubes are subject and it can’t hurt to try tube dampers on your other tubes.

All the best.