Had a tube amp and a tube blew and the amp was kaput for a bit, sent it back, got it repaired, and has worked as good as ever, give or take a little tube age, so on my experience, a blown tube can blow an amp, but also not necessarily so.
Kudos to Audio Research
Fixed at no charge! I bought used Ref 210s here on Audiogon about a year ago. Ordered a new tube set from ARC about 5 weeks ago. One 6550 output tube went bad and burned some circuitry. ARC fixed the problem, which was a lot more than just a blowen fuse, and shipped it back in a new box.
I really thought it was going to cost me $1,000.
After 30 hours the unit seems rock solid and sounds great.
Thanks Audio Research.
Terry
I really thought it was going to cost me $1,000.
After 30 hours the unit seems rock solid and sounds great.
Thanks Audio Research.
Terry