Preamp Deal of the Century

and what do you think after talking to don Sachs who uses the Shuguang 6SN7GT vacuum tube in his pre     that i bought for the Gen3 Chardonnay?...comments PLEASE & THANK YOU!!

There’s a “Reference 6SN7” thread on head-fi and a “Shootout of Nos 6sn7 tubes” here on Agon. Another with the same title on What’s Best Forum. Then there are tube dealer charts, as mentioned above.

I have several older 6SN7 and 6F8G pairs available to try out.

For Supratek owners who are rolling their 6SN7s I'd like to simply draw your attention to the nearby thread on the Linlai E 6SN7 tubes. I haven't tried them but apparently they sound pretty good.

I ordered a Chardonnay 3  and  Mick said my Chardonnay will have Linlai 6sn7 tubes. 

Chuckie 

I found this awesome thread the first time just before Mick went on his preamp building hiatus. I was ready to pull the trigger back then and was very disappointed to learn he quit the business. However, persistence paid off and in 2020 I ordered my Chardonnay 3 in wood/chrome. I run it with a EML 274B Mesh, Gold Lion KT66, and Linlai Elite 6SN7. I just love it and after a bigger than expected annual bonus, I ordered his new Grange, but as a Line Stage only since I don't have a turntable set-up. Since the huge regular Grange chassis is not needed, he builds this Grange LS into the Cabernet chassis. I am 2.5 months into my supposed 3 month order time, but am not holding my breath... I know it will take probably 4 months. This time I ordered the preamp in black/chrome and already have a new pair of EML 300B Mesh waiting for them. Also got a pair of Gold Lion 300Bs as my daily work horses. As soon as the Grange is here I will put up my beautiful Chardonnay for sale (I think... maybe I just keep it - it is like a good red wine after all). Mick is a master at his trade and you simply cannot go wrong with his preamps. Did I really need to upgrade? Probably not, but we are all a bit crazy, ain't we? Totally excited to hear my first ever 300B preamp.