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| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes! @jonwatches1 The best commodity tube would be anyone’s guess. I personally sell more 300B amplifiers than any other, and more 6SN7 pres than 2A3, 845 or 211 amps. I also read an interview with WE posted two days ago that states their new facility... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @rocray I haven't had an opportunity to put more than 200 hours on 2 sets of the Elites as I was only burning them for customers to send with their preamps. However, out of all of the Linlai tubes I've tested and used (more extensively were there ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @laaudionut I haven’t tried the Shuguang Treasure 6SL7s yet, but I have tried the PsVane CV-181 (6SN7) TII which are very similar, if not identical to the ’guang Treasure CV-181. I can assuredly state that the Linlai Elite 6SN7s blow the TII 6SN7 ... | |
| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes! @facten Thanks for the link! I love this, it reminds me of the fiber-optics plant I used to work in 20 years ago, very clean, lots of Hydrogen and lots of glass :-) Seriously though, the plant looks top notch and it appears they have lots of space... | |
| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes! I would assume (and you know what that does), that WE would make them in house. I mean, there's not really too many options for places to make them- as far as I know. The Psvane plant, the Linlai plant? Seems unlikely. | |
| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes! It seems there's going to be a massive array of various tubes being requested, and of course I believe it will take considerable time to get the machines, staff, space and resources to probably make 1/4 of the different types, so WE will go with w... | |
| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes! @facten No worries, I get it. Absolutely, I'm also stoked to help get the word out! I for one would love to see WE producing various Hi-Fi tubes again and becoming a more prominent name as they once were (aside from their 300B claim to fame). At t... | |
| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes! @tooblue WE never made a 6SN7 tube. The Chinese companies coined the name "Western Electric" for a series of tubes they started making a few years back- PsVane has them as well as Linlai. It's just a name that they picked up after the branding had... | |
| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes! @rocray Very cool- thanks for the link! | |
| Western Electric looking for consumer feedback to make new tubes! @facten Ah. Did not realize there was another thread. | |
| Looking for warm tube preamp (should pair well with Pass power amp), budget $6000 @smodtactical Just to chime in, the Super, ML II and ML XL (balanced version) are all designed for a neutral and fast sound, with enough warmth to smooth out a solid state amplifier and a couple of mods can be made to provide more of a warm sound.... | |
| Electro-Harmonix/New Sensor bad news and a saving grace... @j-wall I know, it's quite the lion's share of brands! When I was trying to think of options to use, each of those brands came to mind until I realized they were all coming from the same Reflektor plant in Russia. Thankfully Linlai is serious abou... | |
| Electro-Harmonix/New Sensor bad news and a saving grace... @rocray Thanks for the kind words! Indeed, the Linlai tubes are the real deal and sound phenomenal! I've now tried various tubes from them throughout their three tiers (Hi-Fi, DG and Elite) and out of a dozen pairs of tubes consisting of 2A3s, 6SN... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @rocray those are absolutely stellar tubes and the feedback you were given on them it spot on! I have a pair myself and they are just as fast and nuanced as any other tube I've tried, and once broken in have incredible body and soul. I've purchase... | |
| Mark Lanegan Has Died Same here! Such an underrated musician and integral to the grunge movement which was such a huge change in tides when it came out. In addition to Screaming Trees Mark has also sang with Mad Season on some tracks and played with Queens of the Stone... |