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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 ... | |
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes This is the inner box they come in:    Blurry, but pins in new condition  | |
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes New tubes from the dealer on Ebay and the pins are shiny new. I did not want to muck them up with the High Fidelity contact treatment. I could try the old standby solution, Deoxit. I'll send these to Dan so he can try them regardless. | |
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes So I bore the loud hiss of those Linlai's last night just to see if they do sound "good" and I do see how nice they are. Very fleshy. I tried both my Sachs outputs and both have the same loud hiss. I'm wondering if the cables are influencing this... |