Preamp Eats tubes..


I own a sonic Frontiers line-3 preamp.The unit eats up NOS tubes.I tried Brimare and matsushita's both within 2 or 3 months the tubes started going microphonic on me.I put in the origanal Sovtek tubes and they work fine.Why does this happen with older style tubes?Are the sovtek tubes built for a tougher demand?
spaz

Showing 1 response by jmcgrogan2

Do you have a tube tester? Are you sure about how new your supply of 'NOS' tubes are? If you don't own a tube tester, maybe your NOS tubes are not as new as you think they are.

I haven't heard of the Sonic Frontiers Line 3 being a 'tube eater', but if you're sure your NOS tubes read good before you burn them up, maybe there is something wrong with your Line 3. Possibly bias or something is out of whack. Contact Chris Johnson of the Parts Connexion.