Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
I just placed an order for a pair of these for my Aric Audio Motherlode II. I’ve been chatting with a fellow that runs the E 6sn7 in his Don Sachs pre. He loves them, He says they make his NOS tubes sound thin and lifeless.
It will be a couple weeks until I receive them,and I was curious if anyone out in Agon land has tried these,and what are your impressions?
Thanks in advance,
Ray
I think Ralph was exposed to them when i convinced him to install them into the MP-1 Mk3.3 for my client. Which is now up for sale.
They were tested properly here for a good 2 weeks and showed allot of pontial, it sounded better than any other new production 6SN7 i have tried in the past. Exellent and 4 managed to fit into the MP-1 and so far have been excellent and low noise. |
This thread has just been discovered by myself and the content is very appealing. I have a few years ago over the period of approx' 18 months carried out a tube rolling experience on my Power Amp input Valves. The Dark Glass Ken Rad VT 231 won over the other options and some of these were other brands VT 231 Tubes. To find such positive comparisons of a burnt in Linlai Tube in comparison to the KR VT 231 is quite satisfying and one further tube option to be looked into. I was of the view I was only to be interested in LinLai 845's which are not too commonly discussed for their capabilities. Hey Ho do I use the 6sn7 as a positive and dive head first into the complete LinLai experience? |
@pindac, I’m not sure I understand the question. If you are asking about which 6SN7 Linlai to try,I only have experience with the Elite E-6SN7. Any other Linlai version I can’t say,because I haven’t experienced them. The E-6SN7 does,at least from my experience,need about 100 hours of burn in to really hit stride. |
From the Report I would say I am influenced to try a E-6SN7 and give the KR a breather for a 100+ Hours before seeing how the comparison works out in my system. Until discovering this thread I was set on trying out Linlai 845's as I thought I was finished with input tubes selections on the Power Amp'. The idea of having the KR and E-6SN7 on board to be used along with the exchanged 845's does seem to be a improved preparation. |
Looking forward to your observations @pindac. Please keep us posted. |
