Linlai E 6sn7 tubes

I have a stash of 24 middling NOS 6SN7 tubes including GE, Raytheon, etc tubes, which will get me though this pandemic. The new Chinese tubes are much preferred.  I got the stash of 6SN7's some years ago for $10-$20 a tube, all fully tested.

I ordered the Linlai tubes suggested by Don from Helen in China, who informed me that there would be a delay in shipping.  Extra tubes in the closet are the way to go, like bullets in a magazine for a soldier: you can't have enough of them. 

I have a stash of 24 middling NOS 6SN7 tubes including GE, Raytheon, etc tubes, which will get me though this pandemic. The new Chinese tubes are much preferred.  I got the stash of 6SN7's some years ago for $10-$20 a tube, all fully tested.

Wig,

This is the contact information for Helen, Don Sachs' preferred source for the Linlai tubes: https://vivatubes.com

This is the supplier I got from Don Sachs for the Linlai tubes:  helen@jjyaudio.com I can't find a link to JJAudio.  

I got a a quad from Helen and they are fine. 

I tried tube dampers on the Linlai 6SN7 tubes in my Sachs preamp and they sucked the life out of the music.  They weren't the fancy one like Herbie's, just silicon rings.  I tossed them.