Linlai E 6sn7 tubes

Treasure Globe 6SN7-SE (pair or single, GF Limited Special Edition) – Premium Vacuum Tubes

Maybe I got the last pair. On their way. Still waiting on my refund from Viva for the noisy E6SN7 pair. My email exchange with Rachel at GF was reassuring that they listen to the tubes with headphones to verify they are low noise, especially for preamp applications.

I've heard from those who have traveled the Psvane path that their globes are not as good as the Linlai globes.

Hi, I've been following this thread and do have an interest in the Linlai E 6SN7.

From what I read do far I see a few options to purchase these tubes:

• Grand Fidelity
• Viva Tubes
• eBay
• jjyaudio.com
• mableaudio.com

Looks like Grand Fidelity is the "official" authorized dealer, and their price seems to be the highest.   Viva Tubes seems to be questionable.   I'm a little bit uneasy with buying from eBay, but I guess most sellers are legit.  I believe the last 2 that I listed are Chinese retailers, and they seem to have the best price.   I wonder if they are genuine Linlai dealers.   I'm leaning towards the Chinese dealers because of the price.

Can anyone share their experience with the Chinese dealers?  Are the tubes in good quality in terms of noise and matching etc.?

I'm not in a hurry to buy yet.  I'm still researching and reading up on these tubes, but so far most people seem to be happy with them.

Thanks!

I wonder if Viva got a bad batch all from the same lot (giant box o’ tubes), rattled apart or something maybe from a dropped box in shipping from afar. Who knows, they’ll have to answer to you’all on that. Over the years had good luck with them, however also started purchasing from different individual suppliers who test or test/listen to tubes before shipping them out. Seems like varied quality right now. Like what @lowrider57 said, "band of brothers" giving feedback and forcing their hand a bit will help, a message of seeing to folks getting their refunds taken care of first.

Xcool go for Grant Fidelity it’s worth the price, don’t cut corners on tube.