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Tube amp bias adjustment advice

I biased my first set of tubes on my 211 amp recently and am hearing more volume from the left channel.  Does that mean I need to turn up the bias on the left channel to center the soundstage?  Thank you in advance.
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three_easy_payments
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you should set the bias per the amp specs....period.  This is not something you do by ear, only by measurement.
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mmporsche OP
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So I have no balance adjustment, why am I hearing more from the left speaker than the right when I am seated in the middle?  They are both exactly the same distance from the back wall and at the same angle, within a 1/8 of an inch.

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georgehifi
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mmporsche OP

Don’t touch the bias yet, before answering some questions.

1: Was it in balanced before?

2: If you swap the amps "only", does then the right speaker sound louder or is the left still louder?

Cheers George
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imhififan
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Have you try swap the tube from left to right?
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