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What could this be Tube Failure

I have a problem with one of my monoblocks that I need some help with. . Upon powering up last night,loud popping static noise started coming out of the right speakers. The (4) kt77 tubes in the corresponding left monoblock started flashing. The weird thing was that the tubes never got to the normal orange color but rather were flashing light blue. I immediately powered down before any speaker damage occured. But I am hesitant to power up again until I know what is going on. Any ideas as to what this could be besides tubes going
musicfile
musicfile OP
341 posts
 
i'm afraid this is the latter
I have powered down the system and waiting to get a tech to look at it

I don't want to change the tubes and find out something else has happened and add to the issue
musicfile OP
341 posts
 
Anybody else care to offer their opinon on what's happening ?
pescolar
128 posts
 
Pull out the tubes and ask someone to test those tube...Hopefully some of your audiophile friends own a tube tester.....that is your number one thing to do...then if those tubes are strong enough and no leak...let some one check your amp.
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