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I'm using a Bruce Bender 6N1P OTL amp, and when the tubes move (such as by heating or bumping) they make a crackling noise in the output signal. The new mini 9 pin tube sockets are ceramic and the tubes are also new. All 3 tube sockets produce the noise, and it is only on the left channel. I tried DeoxIT, which seemed to work temporarily, but they're still crackling. I heard something about retensioning, but I have no idea how to do that and thought that this shouldn't be necessary with new sockets. Any ideas?