Thats the same joke I made with a friend, I feel like they just slapped the shangrila name on it and called it a day for marketing Even if these are their "entry" tier estats, those atrocious headbands shouldn't be used...

Looks like tungsol’s, I love their 76 and 37s, probably my favourite of the bunch that aren’t mesh globes My TLDR for them is basically a cleaner sounding version of the BGRP 6SN7, not as vibrant but whether they sound better is all up to your own taste. Different enough to love them all at least!

Thank you for the detailed post, my expectations would be very high for the Immanis now! I can’t wait to demo them!

I am waiting for the demo unit to reach my country's distributor! That relatively reasonable power requirement + 8 ohm interface sounds like a dream combination with smaller DHT tubes

How is that duovac supposed to test the 4pin DHTs, a customized adapter?

Whoever bought your combo had one hell of deal with the WE300b that price is insane, and congrats on the sale. Hopefully we'll meet on some other amp again someday :)

I got first hand experience with this, all tubes from GB cannot be shipped by GSP - the confiscated valves actually get resold by a 3rd party. Talked to several UK dealers as well, all have the same experience shipping out. No exceptions with them, as an International buyer, Royal Mail and DHL...

Its not gonna affect me too much as I use a drybox to store my headphones, but I wonder how big is a factor of dust causing troubles for the Immanis?

If the timeline checks out and I don't do a certain headphone upgrade, I will :)

The SICTE 22DE4 bid war begins ?!

Is that price from a dealer with money back guarantee, and it comes with the ww2 contract boxes in perfect condition? For me, I'd just buy from eBay, 200 USD per tested pair still seems possible. The ones people typically want are the staggered plates, the parallel plate variant is by GE

thank you for the quick summary! By better speed, could I clarify that you perceive the Immanis to be even faster than the X9K? That is some crazy speed if so!

May I take this comment to confirm that tube rolling will still play a huge difference even with the interface in the chain? If my tube amp has speaker outputs, is it preferable to go with the 8ohm option? Or does it make sense to go with 32ohm via headphone out if my amp has variable...

Wonder if these will make other tube manufacturers to start developing their own KT170s... one can hope!

Anyone have issues with EML warranty claim recently? I am interested in something from them, but reading old posts about needing to send in amplifier circuit designs for warranty claims seems quite… interesting..?