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| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Received my replacement pair from China and FINALLY, they are almost completely hiss-free. Magnitudes better than the other 2 pairs I have tried. While I was getting 8 inches of hiss on all my other tubes, these are about 20 inches, evenly so lef... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I think the 5852 tube messed up that circuit, which happened right before the Linlai's showed up. I had another 6X5 do the same tonight so I think when everything warms up the damaged component is flaking out. Perhaps the Linlai's irritate that co... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I'm not having issues with any other tubes. Just the Linlais. Tomorrow I will measure the pin diameters and compare. Then take the preamp apart and check for solder joint cracks. Then I may force the tubes in without the lid attached and support... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I finally saw the link above and ordered 4 extenders. Maybe the tubes are tight and not inserting all the way. We'll try that workaround when they arrive. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Don does not buy tubes from Viva. I am not sure why my preamp does not like these tubes. Don assures me it is not the preamp. He gets the occasional bad tube. Maybe the third set of tubes will be better.🙄 I sent a note to Viva and asked them if ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Don told me to let the tubes run for 20 hours. So far in 8 hours, no change. One tube is 10x louder than the other. I can hear it outside the room. Swapped the cables left to right and the higher noise tracks the tube. The lower noise one is still... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes My US-sourced pair hiss as well. Â Where are you buying your tubes? I bought the 2nd set from VivaTubes. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes My owner's manual for my Sachs states 5852 is an approved tube, just to let the pre warm up first. But after just 20 minutes the tube started flaking out so I powered down immediately and will send it back to the Tubedepot with free return shippin... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I'm having bad luck with tubes. The Bendix 5852 burned up on me at 20 minutes of use last night. You've never seen a big man move so fast running for the power buttons. | |
| Don Sachs Owners Thread Jumping the shark to a new topic, I did add a Purple fuse in the spring and it made a very nice improvement. Even more so when I added the contact treatment from High Fidelity. I keep squeezing this preamp and it keeps giving me more. | |
| Has anyone compared Rogue RP-7 to Cary SLP05 and / or Audio Research Ref 5se? I looked hard at "changing" my preamp to either a Rogue or Ref 5 this spring. But the more I squeezed out of my Sachs D2 in sound with tubes, fuses, cables, etc., I changed my mind and am very happy with it. I like Rogues attitude and respect AR's... | |
| Coda or Parasound Monoblocks for Wilson Sabrina I had a Luxman M800A for a year or so and it was very good on my Sasha 1's. I did think it was a little soft or polite, as amps go. I now have a Coda 8 and after 33 or so amps in the last 15 years, this one is outstanding. Grips the music, has ze... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I have 1 hour on these tubes. Gain knobs make no change in hiss. | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I cleaned all the tube pins with Deoxit and no change in hiss. Then I changed out the Stealth's for Gabriel Gold's and no change. After that I put my Shunguangs back in with the Indra's and all was quiet and enjoyable again. Tomorrow I'll send ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes I also ordered a pair of the "black plates" from your recommended source. I am okay with hoarding tubes since I believe this Sachs is a keeper. Mated with my Coda 8, I am very happy. I also ordered a bunch or rectifier tubes including a rare 5852 ... |