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| Which pair of speakers changed your Hifi life? I was at a social gathering at a colleague's house back in the early 90's, and he had some music playing through a pair of B&W bookshelf speakers. I don't even know what model they were. They just caught my attention. The midrange sounded s... | |
| Is there a strategy in preamp tube placement? Hey @coachpoconnor, how are you liking the Linlai's? I've been thinking about trying a pair also, but haven't pulled the trigger yet. Also the Elite 6SN7 might be a little bit too tall for my setup, so I'm also considering the globe shaped ones... | |
| Is there a strategy in preamp tube placement? I too have a Cary preamp that I bought earlier this year. I got the SLP-05, and it has a pair of 6SN7 tubes for the balanced input buffer, and 2 pairs of 6SN7 for the left and right gain stage. The stock EH tubes have good details in the treble ... | |
| what’s a song cover that you think is better than the original? @richopp, I also like Linda Ronstadt's version of "Tracks of my Tears" better than Smokey Robinson's. @dekay, love that version of "Smoke on the Water" that you sent. Really cool! Here's are few covers that come to my mind: Come Together - A... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Perhaps Grant Fidelity adds a separate testing step but the idea that they are getting superior tubes seems ridiculous. If it helps you sleep at night and you are willing to pay more then buy from them. Or assume the risk of a more difficult r... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes @ram18 Yes, I couldn’t agree more. At the end of the day, it’s what sounds good to you that matters most. Kudos to @rocray that started this thread. I’ve been thinking about getting some good sounding new production tubes and not relying on the ... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Hi @ram18, I went back and read the Lanlai Global website again. Although they didn’t explicitly say where the Chinese logo are printed, but from the context of the writing, I take that it means the logo is on the tube itself. You are right ab... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Hi @danmar123, my point was that the ones you bought from Grant Fidelity has the ringed base, but the one that is pictured on the Grand Fidelity doesn't. The fact the base of the tubes you got from GF look identical to the ones sold by Viva migh... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Another thing I forgot to mentioned is that if you read the Lanlai Global website carefully, it mentions the tubes that are designed for the Asian market have different logo written in Chinese on them. So the authenticity of the tubes sold by Vi... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Hey @ram18, if you go back a few pages in this thread, I posted my email conversation with Global Lanlai about the 2 different looking 6SN7 elite tubes currently available in the US market. They would not acknowledge the ones with the horizont... | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Hey @danmar123, thanks for your feedback and the pictures you posted. What I found interesting from your pictures is that they look different than the picture posted from the "official" dealer Grand Fidelity. Yours has the vertical letterings ... | |
| hearing loss and amp choices This is a great thread. I've been thinking about starting a similar discussion. I too have some hearing loss and tinnitus, more so on my left ear. I use my 2 separate gain controls on my preamp to boost the left channel. For my 5.1 HT, I cr... | |
| Need suggestions: High pitched female singers Whitney Houston | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Thanks @danmar123, that's very helpful. Sorry, just to confirm, the tubes that you got from @bugredmachine are the "Global Linlai" tubes, correct? | |
| Linlai E 6sn7 tubes Hey @rocray, I'm very glad that you're liking the sound. Like I said earlier, that's all that matters. So my guess is that your tubes might be authentic Linlai tubes manufactured for the Asian markets. I also think that the reason why Linlai ... |