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Biasing amplifiers

Hi, I am new to biasing amps. Just trying to understand how accurate one needs to be in matching the bias.

At present i am using 300B monoblocks & have WE300B tubes in them, bias set to 65mA. Now I have noticed that this varies somewhat between say 64.5mA to 65.1mA however i try to set this at the exact 65mA mark. This is on one amp & the other varies on it's own near +/- 65mA. So if you look as a whole BETWEEN the amps you may even end up with more than 1mA diff.

What is an expectable varience range one can expect when biasing an amp? If the diffrence between amps vary more that 1mA, for example, what neagtive effects can it have on the sound?

Thanks.
dilly

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dilly OP
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Thanks very much for the replies. The amps are the latest version Cary CAD300SE Sigs, but with manual biasing as it would give me more flexibilty to tune the sound a bit as per preference.

I generally start biasing after the amps have been warmedup about 1/2 hour. But ofcourse i have to switch them-off again to connect the meter & to remove the speaker leads etc. as per instructions. Then on powerup I will leave the meter connected & run the amps about 15 minutes letting the bias settle. Hope this is correct.

Speaking of a 300B tube or more specifically WE300B's , is there a minimum & maximum bias level i should stay within?

Also, if any of you have prior experience with the Cary's+WE300B what bias level were you having at the time.
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