New development- John at Upscale told me to fire up the amp, not connected to the preamp. Let it pop and buzz and then wiggle the small tubes. As I was about to do this, the buzzing then came out of the LEFT channel. Prior to this is was always the RIGHT channel. This gives me hope. So I will purchase 6, 12au7 tubes ASAP and see if this fixes the issue. I am just hoping I don't have to ship it to California from Boston. John , the tech @ Upscale said 30% of the (tube) equipment he gets to repair DOES NOT NEED REPAIR ! That fact inspires me to try more trouble shooting on my own. Hence purchasing brand new 12au7's.
thanks everyone for your suggestions. I'm new to the Audiogon community and very impressed with other's concern for my issue.