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New Tubes from Mullard, Tung Sol, Genalex !!!

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I thought some tube asylum members would be interested to know that I looked up old tube company trademarks on the US Govt. trademarks website and noted the following:

New Sensor Corp, NY, NY, now owns the following trademarks:

Genalex
Mullard
Tung-Sol

I followed up with New Sensor and got copies of the following tubes to show and evaluate at the RMAF in Denver next weekend:

1. A Matched pair of "Mullard" (made in Russia) EL34s. They look like brown-based Reflector/Svetlana (TM) (Sovtek) EL34s, but the getter is a single halo on top of the tube. The rest of the internals look the same. They could be construed to be XF4 type takeoffs because they have stapled plates.

The boxes are glossy paper reprints and do not actually look like the real thing. According to Sovtek, these tubes are more carefully made with (better materials and QC). The wholesale price is more than three times higher than a standard EL34EH (About $17-20 ea in small quantities) I am sure prices will eventually go down with larger orders.

2. A matched pair of Tung Sol (made in Russia) 6550 coke bottles. They have the octagon logo on top the tube with 6550 in the center. The base is printed Tung Sol 6550 and made in Russia in white ink. The tube is a triple getter with top and dual side getters. The internals look a bit different than a std. KT88EH (coke bottle) with plates have 3 holes in the side. The box is blue and white with glossy paper and does not look original. Wholesale price is about 2 to 3 times higher than a std. KT88EH. ($20-25 each.)

I believe that Sovtek/New Sensor will eventually introduce a "Genalex" KT88 and KT66 (Russian made) as well.

This may be old news for most of you, but New Sensor has an excellent 7868 now and their KT90 looks excellent. Has anyone tried them?

I just got them and did not have time to evaluate them. but I will be taking them and some other new issue tubes to the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest. Stop by the VTV booth and have a look at them and say hi to Anita and I.

Charlie Kittleson


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Topic - New Tubes from Mullard, Tung Sol, Genalex !!! - Charlie Kittleson 12:00:17 10/03/04 (5)


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