Linlai E 6sn7 tubes

AFAIK, Linlai Global and Grand Fidelity are the only "official" retailer.   Other members here gotten them from some Chinese Retailers or eBay at a lower price and had good results.

@xcool  I wonder if the socket saver fits a little tighter around the pins of the tube and fits tighter around the tube sockets on your preamp, that could be the difference.

@invalid, interesting observation.  From what I remember, the connections between the tubes and the socket savers do seem pretty tight.   Whereas the connection between the socket savers and the sockets on my preamp feel about the same in tightness.

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. 

Hi!

Did someone try the cheap version of their 6SN7?

Apparently there’s 3 version:

• Basic 6SN7 (the cheap one with a different shape) ~50$/pair
• E6SN7 (same shape as the elite but Horizontal writing on the tube) ~190$/pair
• Elite E-6SN7 (which seems to be the highest quality. Vertical writing on the tube and it can almost only be found on their linlaiglobal.com website) 265$/pair

Thanks

edit: you can find information about their 2 'cheaper' tubes on this website: http://www.linlaitube.com/