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In Reply to: E.I. 7189 posted by sidegetter on July 10, 2001 at 16:52:18:
Hello Sidegetter!The EI factory is in Nis/Serbia, and that is where they have always produced their valves. EI used to produce _for_ German and other European valve manufacturers, after these had reduced or shut down their production. Philips and Telefunken had valves produced by EI, mainly using phased-out Philips machinery and tooling - there is even a Philips typecode symbol for EI (Circle with dot)...
EI 'made in Germany' is a little liberal with facts, me thinks, but to my memory was used by factory or importers of EI valves in the seventies and later to enhance sales figures...
Though I do recall that EI did produce a _real_ 7189 - which were used in quantity in military gear by NATO member states - usually reboxed by Philips and Telefunken. I still have a Tektronix power pulse generator with four of them in the output stage - and sixteen more in a spares kit. They _do_ work well - and are stressed well beyond EL84 levels in the Tek.
About sound and quality of current production I cannot make any statement, though.
Regards,
---mb---
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Follow Ups
- 'EI' 7189s are not made in Germany. They were/are made in Serbia. - mb-de 06:36:29 07/11/01 (5)
- Re: 'EI' 7189s are not made in Germany. They were/are made in Serbia. - sidegetter 09:31:08 07/11/01 (4)
- Another possible proposition... - mb-de 10:56:29 07/11/01 (3)
- Re: Another possible proposition... - sidegetter 12:04:05 07/11/01 (2)
- I think you should quit worrying... - Uncle Ned 19:46:28 07/11/01 (1)
- Re: I think you should quit worrying... - sidegetter 09:06:19 07/12/01 (0)
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