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RE: A long time ago in a galaxy far far away...

Being young and impressionable back then, I was tempted by those Richardson BB 12AX7s. It was clear as to their origins (JAN / Phillips ECG) but they were supposedly "selected". Fortunately I ran across someone selling them at a hamfest for $3 ea. I splurged and picked up 10 of them in two 5 tube sleeves for $25 total - a much better price than what Richardson was asking. They struck me as competent but nothing special. Still have them somewhere. The point here is that if Richardson did indeed own the rights to the BB logo, it's totally plausible they either sold them or are licensing them to the highest bidder...which could easily/probably be Chinese. Free market /savage capitalism has little use for romantic nostalgia.


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