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In Reply to: Re: Foreign made Mullards posted by fatbottle on August 22, 2005 at 10:15:05:
Thank you for the reply, foreign to UK.
Sorry. I did ask and got no reply.
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Hi ,
What I meant was , where were the valves made ? If a Mullard is marked with 'foreign' , more than likely it would have been sourced from a European Philips company . It's only some of the IEC 'Mullards' that are of dubious origin . By the way with fakes or rebrands it is highly unlikely to have 'foreign' printed on them , but first you just need to know what the etch codes say to know the country and factory of origincheers
The subject has been beaten to death. Basically, if the tube is not made in England, it is not a real, genuine, orginal Mullard at all. However, since New Sensor and company bought the rights to use the name Mullard, they have the right to use it on anything they want to use it on. Door knobs, Chinese tubes, Russian tubes, and replacement tail light lenses for '71 Oldsmobiles if they wish.
That doesn't make the tubes they might sell under the Mullard name Mullards. Pure and simple.
Mark D.
Hello ,
Mullard and Philips were the same company and produced valves for each other at times as did various other Uk companies hence the 'foreign' marking (I believe this was also a requirement for the BVA which Mullard was a member) . There were many valves branded as Mullard such as E80CC and so on that were never even made in the UK to start with yet people still call them a Mullard . You just got to know how to recognise the etch codes to find the country of origin . The 'new' Mullard is another matter altogethercheers
Sorry guy, all Mullards were made in G.B.
Phillips owned Mullard, yes. Phillips owned a lot of tube makers. Mullards were made in England. Toward the end of the line, other Phillips and even non Phillips companies made some tubes branded Mullard. (Such as the IEC Mullard logo) These were made with the knowledge of Phillips.
They were not Mullards. They were branded Mullard. That didn't make them Mullards.
Mark D.
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Whoops. After I typed that I recalled that there was a plant or two over in Holland that made Mullard brand tubes and can be considered Mullards.
Mark D.
Grins
I will admit my response was not complete or accurate.
I had just come from another Mullard topic based on the new "Mullard" tubes coming from Russia. Since I could not open the link supplied by the original poster, and since I was in a hurry at the time, and since I was thinking in terms of companies using the Mullard name on tubes completely different from the original Mullard design, I made my post the way it was. Sorry.
Also, like another poster said, if it sounds good, he'll use it. Well, so will I. That wasn't the issue. I'd even listen to the new "Mullard" coming from Saratov.
But the fact remains that while they are legally labeled Mullard, they are not the "real thing."
Tubes made in Europe for Mullard by Phillips companies should be considered Mullard. No doubt.
Mark D.
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