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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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lowrider57
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@danmar123 

Yours is a difficult situation to figure out. Could your tubes have been for the Chinese market, or grey market US? We'll probably never know. 

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@lowrider57 the tubes I had were from ''bugredmachine''. I tested them for him. If you go back to one of my posts, I said, they made my Ortho Black open up. If I remember correct, they where from Linlai. Hopefully I'll receive my tubes in a few weeks..... Any day now, any day!

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@danmar123 

I remember you testing his tubes.

 

The tubes they sent me, did not look, or have the same sound signature like the one's from Grant Fidelity or China. ''First hand experience''. 

But this order was yours, yes?

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Yes Sir. They came from Viva.

ram18
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Hi All
I wish to seek your advise. Do the  E 6sn7 Linlai tubes fit the sockets as in it is fully seated in the Schiit Freya+ without any gaps
I was excited and went to purchase the LinlaiE6sn7. Brought my Freya + amp along. But the  salesperson could not fit the Linlais into the sockets fully. There was a slight gap between the socket and base of the tube,  a little of the pins could be seen.  This was only two tubes at the gain stage.  The tubes were not fully seated on the sockets. I left the shop empty handed. Darn. Any one managed to fit the E Linlai 6sn7 fully into the Freya+ sockets? If you have, pl do let me know how as I really like these tubes. Thanks a lot.
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