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The Scariest Story Ever Told?

What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you while listening to your high end audio system? Your story can involve anything, from buying an outrageously expensive component that sounded terrible when you turned on your system or a mishap that cost you lots of money to repair or buying tubes only to discover that the boxes were empty.

Last night, while I was talking to a good friend of mine over the telephone, I heard a loud "pop" through my left speaker and soon thereafter, some static. I immediately inspected my amplifier only to discover that one of my left channel output "vacuum tubes" was on fire (internal flame within the tube, believe it or not!) Now, that blew my mind! Fortunately, it only turned out to be a tube going bad and my amplifier did not short-out. Thank God!

I must admit that I nearly had a heart attack and felt lost without my trustworthy and extremely loved Berning amplifier.

hawaiikid

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sean
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Sheesh. All of these stories about tube products belching out smoke, blowing up, spitting fire, etc... makes me want to run right out and buy more tubed gear. If i remember correctly, i made mention of this kind of stuff in what turned out to be a tube vs SS thread. People were busting my balls saying that i was full of it. According to those folks, tubes are just as reliable as SS and almost as convenient / easy to use. You would never know it by reading threads and multiple posts like this. Thanks for proving my point several months later.... Sean
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sean
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Personally, i think large quantities of vomit being introduced into your system at various points would do more damage than any quantity of Adam Sandler recordings : ) Sean
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