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most tubes silver color on top. what does black indicate?

I have 4 12ax7s in my hk a300 and one 12au7.

The 4 12ax7 are silver but the 12au7 is black on top, with green and purple irridesense (sp?) The 7408s are also silver on top.

Is the 12au7 bad ? I have no tester nor access to shop.
thanks



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Topic - most tubes silver color on top. what does black indicate? - musicandnature 13:48:06 09/21/06 (6)


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