Linlai E 6sn7 tubes

@danmar123 , that’s what I noticed as well. I did a search on the company printed on the gift boxes I have.  The more I research, the more confusing.  I’m just going to enjoy the music at this point.  @xcool posted the answer,that there are two versions, one for the western markets,and one for the Asian market. I’m assuming the ones that I am using must be the Asian version.  These also ( I believe) are the versions that Mr. Sachs uses in his preamps.   Not realizing that there were two variations,the versions I own were the ones recommended to me.   These seem to be the more common versions.  

@rocray I better KEEP my opinion to myself. SAD!

Everything I've read indicates the tubes for domestic China has Chinese characters on the bottle. I don't believe the horizontal branded tubes are for the Chinese. They sound full and balanced. And everything is written in English. 

@lowrider57 Like I said earlier; the tubes from China sounded better then the tubes from Viva, in my system.

Maybe they are grey market, all indications are they are meant to be sold to the West.