What's been your experience with New Chinese 6SN7 tube options?

By all reports, there's been a good bit of movement of talent with the Chinese tube manufacturers. Have you tried any of their offerings and in particular 6SN7 tubes?

PSVANE

Linlai

Shuguang

jbhiller01-20-2023 3:33pm

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jbhiller OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,361 posts 01-20-2023 at 06:01pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thank you for all of this intel!!! Keep chiming in. It seems we have to look to China for alternatives given the war in Ukraine, and China looks to be upping its offerings.
jbhiller OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,361 posts 01-21-2023 at 06:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks all. @jaymark Jaymark that is high praise! You also have very nice preamps!
jbhiller OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,361 posts 01-25-2023 at 11:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete As a follow-up, I just received a pair of Linlai E-6SN7s. Right out of the box (oh, they come in a beautiful box) they sound really good. I'm very curious to see if they break in. They sound particularly smooth and warm with just a right amount of air on top new.
jbhiller OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,361 posts 01-26-2023 at 03:22pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete These tubes could be my new favorite and make me abandon NOS. Thank you everyone!
jbhiller OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,361 posts 02-14-2023 at 09:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I've now also tried PSVANE's 6sn7 BE (blue globes). These are somewhere near their middle of the range of tubes by price and offering. They sound pretty darn good. A good quality inexpensive (relatively) option.

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