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I've had a 6X5 fail-luckily it was during an initial power up so I was able to shut down before the transformer failed. My radio worked for about a minute, until I heard an awful hum get louder and louder until I lost my audio. No smoke-but the rectifier filament had suddenly gotten awful bright! The best sub is to use a 6x5g or gt, as they were built a little sturdier. You'll need to recap, of course, and now that you've had an overheating condition, I would REALLY test every component associated with the power supply, to make sure nothing got too toasty. I guess you should dim bulb test the transformer before doing all of that, though-just to make sure the transformer isn't dead.