Did I damage my Einstein?

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Hi!
Recently, I brought my Einstein home from rehearsal and plugged it in (or at least I thought I plugged it in) my 2x12 cab I use for practice at home.
Turned on the amp played but no sound was coming out of the speakers.
Turned up the master, still nothing.
Immediately I turned off the amp and noticed that the speaker jack wasn't plugged in properly at the cab and that I ran the Einstein for a short moment without any load...
I panicked a little, plugged it in right and and sound was back there.

But I just feel that the tone is different then usual. More tinny, trebly and honky for lack of better words.
The distortion characteristic seems to be different.
I hope I am just imagining that because I'm afraid I damaged my Einstein...

Could I have destroyed some components with my stupid mistake?
Is there something I should check?
I measured bias and it's fine.
No tube fault light, and the amp is still powerfull and doesn't seem to have anymore issues.
Man, I'm really freaking out :doh:

Thank you guys!
Best,
Stefan
 
hey stefan i wouldnt worry to much if you did it a short period. all diezel amp's are left on for a time with no load when they are being tested after being built before they leave the factory
 
When i first got my Herbert i did the same thing except worse. I had mine cranked and it was on for several minutes at a show and i couldnt figure out what was wrong and why i was getting no sound. I tried cables and everything under the sun. I thought my new amp was broken and i was kinda panicing. But stupid me forgot to plug it into the cabinet. Long story short. My amp was fine :thumbsup:
Diezel rules.! All other amps are inferior!
 
Hallo Stefan,

mach` Dir nicht soviele Gedanken und spiel´ einfach :rock:
 
It just dont get better then hearing it from THE MAN himself does it??!!?!? :rock:

Diezel amps rule...... :D
 
Hi guys!
There does seem to be something wrong.
I took it back to rehearsel yesterday and our bassist asked me, what was wrong with my tone.
It's really noticeable.
The distortion sounds weird, kinda like an electric shaver. That strange buzz is on top of the dist tone.
I did a full retube, pre and power amp and biased it at 65ma. Still the same.
I even opened it up to look, if something looks burnt but everything looks fine...
I will post a sound sample of the tone soon, maybe Peter can tell me whats wrong from that.
Oh man, that makes me sad! :cry:
Best,
Stefan
 
That's of course an offer I can't refuse! Thank you very much!
I will post a sample tomorrow just to see if everybody else also hears it!

Danke vielmals!!
 
Hallo Stefan

Falls du ne Fahrt nach Bad Steben planst, lass uns mal Kontakt zueinander aufnehmen - Ich würd da auch nochmal hinfahren mit dem Schmidt - dann könnte man das evtl. zusammenlegen.
Wenn dir das recht wär, sag mir Bescheid.

Grüße
Uli (ein weiterer Augsburger ;) )

Edit... Hast du ne Band in Augsburg - oder mal Böcke etwas zu checken? Bin seit nem halben Jahr in Augsburg und such musikalischen Anschluss in der Gegend - irgendein Tipp?
 
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