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| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes My 1st pair of Linlai 6sn7 are at 75 hours. Thankfully they have lost the shrill & brittle sound. They are engaging now, with more body and more open high. The soundstage is back and there is more decay. The high frequencies are more extended,... | |
| Musical Concepts amplifier modifications upgrades I have a Hafler DH500 that John installed all the mods in including dual stacked power transformers. Also have his Hafler DH110 with all the mods. A friend has the Musical Design DAC 1 hooked to electrostatic. Amazing sound quality. John is highly... | |
| Supratek Owners Thread @isaacc7 Glad you were able to eliminate the noise. I recently used a Dremel, with soft buffing wheel, to clean all the tube pins for my Don Sachs linestage and VTL ST150 amp. A huge improvement with the old stock tubes in the linestage. Much swe... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread Interesting outcome. You have a nice collection of newer signal tubes. The fact you were able to reduce noise and improve sound quality is good news. The only tube I have from your bunch is a Philco 6by5GA rectifier. It seems very airy, but light ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Do most people believe the WE 6sn7 will surpass all the other brands? Does WE still have that much knowledge and technology? Thanks, aldnorab | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @decooney I'll be sure to report the 100 and 150 hour results. My Linlai seem to be loosely tracking Your Psvane break in results. Really interested to hear what 4 mature Linlai E 6sn7 sound like in the Don Sachs linestage. Thanks, aldnorab | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @rocray don't worry. I plan to forge ahead towards 100 hours. Already thinking about breaking in the other two, when they arrive. Trying to decide if I should pull this set while breaking in the newer set. That way all 4 would have the same playin... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes At 40 hours the Linlai have picked up more high frequency extension, but it is a little brash sounding. They are less forgiving and not as much fun. Only certain songs sound beautiful now. Hope they move past this phase quickly. Glad the solid sta... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @lowrider57 wonder why Linlai isn't interested in small signal tubes? Harder to make? Less profitable? Also amazed tubes change so much during break in. Glass, vacuum, and some metal guts don't seem very susceptible to break in. My 2nd set of L... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread @bugredmachine that is a nice reduction in hiss. What rectifier were you using and what is the replacement? I haven't tried comparing rectifiers for noise. Great idea. Looking forward to your thoughts on the new caps. Thanks, aldnorab | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @rocray well they sound different than the RCA and Ken-Rad. Replacing the RCA with these brings the lower midrange and midrange forward ( a good thing for my speakers). The high frequencies are rolled off and dark. There is no air and very little ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Just ordered 2 more Linlai E 6sn7 for the Don Sachs preamp. Interested to hear it with all Linlai tubes. I've got 25 hours of playtime on the 1st two. Thanks, aldnorab | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread @bugredmachine my Model 2 also has some noise at 15" away from the drivers. I have the dual gain control model and the hiss volume doesn't change with setting. Think they work on the input instead of the output. Just ordered 2 more Linlai E6sn7 ... | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread I should have said RCA/Ken-Rad tubes above^. Sorry, aldnorab | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread Just received the 2 Linlai E 6sn7 tubes ordered last month. I'll try them in both circuit locations. If they beat out my GE/Ken-Rad, I will order 2 more. These are huge tubes. Newer D Sachs have wider spacing. They will not fit in my older wood t... |