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In Reply to: RE: You're right of course posted by M3 lover on January 23, 2015 at 09:55:36
...Here's a pic of what I believe is your EL34...East German RFT...from my stash. Notice the "dimple in the top of the envelope...a defining characteristic as are the "toy tabbed" anode structure and dual g1 radiator "flags at the top. Not shown: single "halo" getter holder hidden by getter flash.
Looks like yours?
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Including the small dimple in the glass at the top. Although mine are labeled "ENGLAND" in the same yellow ink as the Realistic LIFETIME and 6CA7 printing. So likely screened for Radio Shack by OEM.
So, is RTF the manufacturer? I assumed because they are English they might be Mullard.
Now does this suggest they are decent quality and likely better than current modestly priced versions such as Harmonix?
"You can’t know what the “best” is unless you have heard everything, and keep in mind that given individual tastes, there really isn’t any such thing." HP
...during the days of the Cold War when there were restrictions on what could be imported into the U.S. from places like Soviet Union and East Germany. It was a scheme to hide the place of origin of non-strategic stuff from the anti-commie police. That it was so effective says something about the power of supply/demand economics. Real British stuff almost always carried the phrase "Made in Gt Britain" or "British Made".
While not British Mullards, I think the East German RFTs are pretty good, just keep the anode voltage down to 450-475V. I'm sure aome would disagree but I find these to be better than the Sovtek EL34 and on par with the =C= Svetlana although somewhat different sounding. =C= are more rugged IME but unfortunately are considered largely NOS at this point.
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