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Groovy. A different setting for sure, using 6SN7s to 300Bs, to 845s as power in my amp... and you can hear notable changes with any, input, driver, power as usual... Also I have done some clarifying in this amp, making it more fast, resolving and neutral, so it does show a lot of a tube.
Anyway, to me the Linlai 845-DGs took a long time to burn in. They sounded more rigid for quite a while but pretty good being so spacious and resolving, especially once the bass refined. Sorry I stopped tracking hours, but guessing closer to 200 or more, than 150. And then they really started to get resolving with lots of open space, and complex detail/harmonic information very present, but still smooth in their clarity. Not getting any sense of rolloff or truncation, while not being too bright for me... These tubes here show the difference in how very resolving and clear is not necessarily "bright." For me, bright tends to be hard and unfriendly, whereas, very complex fine detail and space can be super revealing, while softening edges some because complexity is so well resolved.
The 845TAs here took even longer, not surprising, the black carbon sprayed ones notorious for long burnin in general I think... but guessing more like 250-300 to start to get in there. These were more difficult for me here because for much of the burnin they were a little dark and sluggish for me, but finally they came out nicely, enough resolution and space to make their warmth sweet with the right company.
Linlai 845-WEs here, similar time as DGs I guess, and sounding clear and resolving, somewhere in between the other two... biggish, solid and open, with a warm and smooth patina that is not thick, and a little rounder detail compared to DGs... less emphasis on very fine stuff so far anyway. Whereas the DGs with clean company, gains right, seem so unaffectedly spacious it is like there is no tube here. At least at this point... guessing the WE may end up closer in open detail, not having as much time as my DGs
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