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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

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danmar123
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Just pulled the trigger on a set of 4.

Hopefully they’ll be here by Fri., & socket savers.

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@danmar123 

Set of four....E-6SN7's? Which dealer?

My advice from earlier in the thread, clean the socket saver pins and inside wiring with Deoxit.

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@lowrider57 

Viva. I don't use deoxit, I use Stabilant 22. Thanks for the tip.

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That'll work!!

decooney
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@coachpoconnor After reading this entire thread, I’ve decided to order a set Linlai E-6sn7. I recently purchased a SLP-98; ...

 

Forgot to ask, did you buy two or four of the Linlai 6SN7s?

Tip: if you’ve not discovered this yet, and only bought two tubes, try swapping tubes front/rear positions in your SLP-98. It can yield different results. Early on I focused more on the front tubes mainly. Later on i.e. placed my TJ Full Music 6SN7s up front (transparency), and PSVANE CV181-TIIs (tonal weight) in the rear spots. The blend of two different type tubes in front and rear spots can be nice.

You can try the same with the Linlai 6SN7s too front & rear only w/other tubes in the opposing spots. Its amazing how it can produce different sounds, tones, textures in different combinations with one preamp.

 

 

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