Linlai E 6sn7 tubes

@borisj, my bad.

Recommended clearance between both valves 1cm or 10mm or roughly 3/8"

Nice, big old thread! I love it. 

I just received a pair of the Linlai Elite 6sn7s.  I'm one hour into them; they sound spectacular. I was pretty shocked so I landed here.  If these never got better from break-in I'd still be happy. What a tube!

These are so confusing.

I know some people are saying the Global and Elite are different. 
 

seems like the first ones people were using were just the “Elite” and they loved them. Not sure which ones to buy, what a mess. 

Also just to throw another wrench into all of this.......

Here is an example of a vertical Linlai with the wrong "base" bought from Grant.  I thought the ones with this base were only the E-6SN7 non Global's? 

I think Linlai is screwing us.

@blkwrxwgn

Why is that the wrong base. They look like the same base I received last year from Grant. They also match the base of every other Elite on the website. Maybe what they have picture is illustration purposes only. I don’t think Rachel is willing to risk her reputation after all these years. This picture is from the website.