My first tube amp and first failure.....
I purchased my first tube integrated from a local guy thru Audiogon last week and was in love. Tonight I was listening to Atom Heart Mother by Pink Floyd and I was enjoying it very much. It's an old CD and started skipping and started to feel my rage coming on. So I got up and then POP!!!!!!!! I thought someone got shot outside, cuz it happens sometime..... I kinda wish it was someone else instead of my new toy, well not really.
Well, last night my fuse went out so I got 2 brand new today then maybe 4 hours into it this happened. So, I unplugged everything and put everything back in place including tubes (four KT88, two 6N6, and two 6H23N). All of my tubes still glow orange, but my left channel is out. I can still hear a slight sound coming out, but it just maybe coming out of my CD player or tubes from my pre-amp section.
I tried switching between my 4 KT88s but the results are same.
I did noticed one of my tube was giving off a slight blue glow, but it went away after about 20 seconds.
I really hope the guys at the ACE Hardware gave me the right size fuses. They throw the old one away so no way of knowing.
Well, the great news is that no one is hurt, and if you guys can help me out a bit I would appreciate the help greatly. Thanks.