I managed to replace a bad capacitor in a tube integrated amp I have, but have noticed in the past that the 6SL7 on the left channel flairs (visually, there is an increase in the brightness of the tubed a bit on start up, then calms down after a second or so). The left channel is also the one that seems to have the shorter tube life, and is a bit louder than the right channel. Any possibility those issues are connected? The bad cap was also left channel......
Any insights would be appreciated.
Phill