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High Bias- will it damage the amp?!
 12/24/1999 10:32 PM |
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rb | High Bias- will it damage the amp?! I checked the bias on my blackface Princeton Reverb and noted the meter is showing about 36-37 mv; I understand the reasonable range for 6V6s is about 25mv. The amp is fixed bias (no bias pot), so is hard for me to adjust the bias...I know too high a bias will shorten the tube's life, but will it otherwise harm the amp? Harm the internal components (caps, resistors, etc), transformers, etc? Does it affect the sound (harshness, tone, dyamics, etc). Thanks for your comments |
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| John Stokes Wow, that is a bit on the hot side.... -- 12/24/1999 10:50 PM tboy What method did you use to measure ... -- 12/24/1999 11:21 PM Bruce Both John and Steve are alluding to... -- 12/26/1999 8:27 PM |