Bad Tube? Which one?


Sorry to have to ask this question. I have been running a Rogue Cronus Magnum for two years. I've never tube rolled and still using all the original tubes. Tonight it's sounding muddy and distorted, even at lower levels. I stopped the CDP and checked the bias on the KT90's and they're all a perfect 35 mA. Does this mean that the KT90's are not the problem tubes and it's one of the 12ax7's or 12au7's?
donjr
call Mark at Rogue.

I would not even play it until you talk to him, it could be a bad cap or resister.

Just to be safe imo...
Can you isolate the problem to one side or the other? If so, move the output tubes to the other channel and see if the problem moves with the tubes. You can do the same for the small signal tubes if needed.
Always a good idea to keep some spares on hand for these types of investigations.