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Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
@bugredmachine a buddy of mine has a preamp that reacts in an odd way to gain of different tubes, so it will be interesting for @danmar123 to test for you. Dan, what preamp do you have, same or different than what bugred has?  
Wireworld Eclipse 8 compared to Analysis Plus Solo Crystal
Fast forward 2yrs, back to the original question of this thread - Has anyone here gone back and evaluated the AP/Crystals vs. the Wireworld Eclipse or Equinox 8 interconnects? Background: As an owner and various demos of AP/Crystals, various ... 
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
@bugredmachine IF one tube can get rattled apart in shipping, the tube sitting next to it in the same box, taking on the same drops, blows, or crushing during handling, can get damaged too. Triple boxing with stuffing will become a cheap fix of th... 
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
Vivatubes is carrying Linlai as of May 2022. 6SN7, 811, 811A. 6SN7 referred to as "E-6SN7 Globe-Balloon Black Plates", if that’s not the same as what you guys are talking about here - same or different?  A photo from their site.      
Linlai 6SN7
Just checked my Psvane CV181 tubes in front positions (warm) and TJ Full Music 6SN7s (slightly warmer) in rear positions in my Cary SLP-98 preamp. Can hold my fingers on both, neither are "hot" or burn fingers.  Put my tongue on them, no issue the... 
Cable brands that work well with Cardas?
The short cut is to pay to do the cable library program with TheCableCo. Pick three, keep one, send two back. Otherwise wasting buying/trying/reselling cables like many of us us foolishly do. One route is fast, the other is slow and expensive and ... 
Cable brands that work well with Cardas?
@jl1ny I’m in a different camp, after 25+ years with Cardas, I started intermixing Analysis Plus Crystal (Ohno, OCC) copper or Apature Silver over copper in with my Cardas collection at different locations. Liked it so much, sold off most of my Ca... 
Disadvantages of buying old solid state.
@roxy1927 I had to sell off a few beloved 20+ year old Class A/AB SS amps for scrap parts because the boards were deteriorating and no longer available. Gave up after 2-3 board repairs, traces going bad, cracks from heat.  Roll the dice.  Some of ... 
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
@rocray that video is what caused me to buy the premium matched Psvane CV181 MKII set which comes with the harder case box with foam encasing inside for each tube vs. the paper thin individual box versions sold to dealers in large lot boxes. While... 
JJ Vacuum Tubes In Stock
Some of the larger output tubes are showing up in stock again too, checking several sources.    
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
Some times triple-boxing is required. Check your tracking number and shipping history, did they go through Shenzen China sorting facility here?: 😫    
Cary Audio SA 200.2 SE power amp (latest version)
This is a bummer learning more than a few of you experienced this humming issue on the non-ES and newer ES models of the SA-200.2  Mine was dead quiet, and reluctantly sold it.  What's concerning here is the initial response from Cary. May need to... 
Linlai E 6sn7 tubes
@rocray congrats on trying and learning the differences first hand. Having a few different types of 6SN7s is fun when you’re in the mood to mix it up every once in a while. My gray glass gold base Psvanes cv181 mkIIs are a bit rounded sounding on ... 
This cable game is making my head spin
@ghdprentice Thanks for your thoughts and responses.  Actually, I'm referring more to varying levels of cool/warm within higher quality copper ICs. I bailed on silver and silver over copper a few years back. Nice, but not my cup of accentuated tea... 
This cable game is making my head spin
@ghdprentice that makes sense given the other cables you are comparing to. You hear what you hear and that’s what matters. I wonder if you’d feel my other Analysis Plus Crystal OCC RCA interconnects are warm sounding too. Different from all of my ...