Amp Malfunction. Acrid Smoke. Tube Thermal Runaway. Suggest a repairperson?

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Amplification
Submitted by ncdrawl on

So I was watching CARS with my daughter today , enjoying a relaxing time when all of a sudden..BOOOOM.. on instinct I grabbed my daughter and dove behind the couch. Came up cautiously to see smoke pouring from the bottom of my Mastersound Due Venti(20 WPC SET (4x el34, 2x ecc82). and one of the tubes cherry red. evacuated daughter and pregnant wife from the house, went back in , unplugged the thing, and put it in a shipping box.

now what? the amps are made in italy and i aint sending no 60 lb boxes there. good tube gear repair folks in the USA?

websites? names? numbers?

Headphone/Speaker out adapt

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The Entry Level
Submitted by lucas.maloney on

Hello all! I've been reading the site for several months, saving my pennies all the while, and have finally took the plunge! I got a denon DP 500 w/ an ortofon 2m blue cartridge; a jolida jd 202 integrated tube amp. Currently I'm using a set of JBL N26 bookshelfs that I already had... Will be upgrading as soon as I can get the scratch together! haha

Speaker Check

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The Entry Level
Submitted by sbkrige on

So my cousin moved to a smaller house, and shipped his old speakers, which he said were too big to my place. He said I could have them (for the foreseeable future at least).
Just coming here to find out if their good or not. If their decent I may use them.

Their a pair of Welling Speakers. Model: Tuscany Main Speaker
Rated Impedance: 6 Ohms, Rated Max Power: 30-120W, Rated SPL: 90dB, Rated Frequency Range: 45Hz - 20KHz
And the Sub says Welling Tuscanny 10SW Powered Sub.

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General Rants 'n' Raves
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