Linlai E 6sn7 tubes

@bugredmachine, so glad this pair is operating correctly.  I’m sure I can speak for others, looking forward to your impressions after burn in. Enjoy!

       Ray 

My Linlai E-6sn7's came Friday and I've been running them 24/7 since then. They are very much an improvement from the stock tubes that came with my Cary SLP-98. My results are very similar to other accounts. This evening some 3-dimensionality arrived..very nice! I've placed them in the front position of my preamp and am toying with the idea of purchasing another pair for the buffer position. 

@bugredmachine Have them paired with the Shunguangs right now but I prefer the Full Music and will try those tomorrow in the second seat.

bugredmachine, that's what I've been doing too with my TJ Full Music in the rear spots on the 98. Psvane in front spots.  I've been experimenting with also putting lower cost re-issue tubes in the rear slot too, thus saving all the good tubes for the two front spots. Still undecided if the higher cost TJFM or Psvanes in the rear spots are added benefit to the sound or not.  Will be curious to read about your findings on this topic after you have tested some more. Thanks.  

@coachpoconnor do the Linlai 6SN7 fit down in the top cover hole and seat down fully seated in your SLP-98?

I may end up putting my other new spare premium set of PSVANE CV181s / 6SN7 up for sale as i’m now seeing they may not be fully seated down inside in SLP98 my preamp to the base I don’t know if its an issue or not. The first pair sounds great, yet not sure if this could create problems. Curious if the Linlai are as wide at the base too. Prefer not to modify my top plate hole cutouts to make them fit down in further. 

Dan sent back my first pair. They are still noisy. Too noisy for me to play. I'll try replacing my resistor in the preamp this week and try them again to see if that affects them, but it shouldn't.