Anyone try modern 6sn7 Shuguang WE type vs NOS RCA,Ken Rad

After flipping through all my vintage vt-231’s and others over the last couple weeks I’m back with Shuguang WE plus 6sn7’s in the amp. All had there special sonic signature but the Shuguang’s just have a jack of all trades sound. I feel the Shuguang had the best transparency, refinement and speed out of all the 6sn7’s I tried and not to a small degree. Most important I enjoyed the amp much more once the Shuguang’s were back in the amp. 
 

lowrider57, I know a guy that has a stash of the Shuguang WE plus kt88’s and 6sn7’s. I’m going to buy some of them in the next week or so he is a couple hours away and I’m going to go pick some up. If he has extra’s would you be interested, these are new never been in an amp. He has switched gear and has no need for them.

Allot of the Chinese tubes tend to get noisy within a year, this is my experience with the MP-1. Whilst these Tubes will work in other pre-amps and not show any sign of noise. It will instantly be apprently on the MP-1. So you must feed it good stuff.

MP-1 is so sensitive and revealing it has to be carefully matched and setup. Once this aspect is done right it will go toe to toe to anything costing even 4 times its price tag easily!

Patient is required on the Atma-Sphere Gear to get Proper setup done. Especially the Pre-amps.

Iv borrowed, purchased and sold countless Pre-amps but the MP-1 is a keeper. The Phono Stage alone on this pre-amp will challenge phono stages at any price too.

Whilst sonically it is a marvelous peice of gear, it will reward its owner with years of musical enjoyment. It can be tricky with tubes. Allot of the stuff from china have bad quality control and you can end up with noisy stuff.

@markusthenaimnut  I remember reading about Shuguang closing down a factory. But it seems they are up and running with new production tubes.

From AA 2019...

https://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/vt.mpl?f=tubes&m=279979