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In Reply to: Re: Jim.How did they ever get away with that? posted by ARC on December 11, 2006 at 17:54:52:
Say what? Matsushita didn't own Mullard. Philips owned Mullard. Matsushita wasn't owned by Philips either, despite rumors of that.Another internet myth is that Matsushita took the Mullard Blackburn tooling after they shut down making EL34's. Baloney. At some point, Matsushita contracted with Philips to get tooling that was the same that Mullard was using at Blackburn, but this was done while Mullard was making EL34's. Matsushita's did start being made in 1981 after Mullard shut down making EL34's. Matsu's go back to the 70's and into the 60's.
Matsushita has contractual agreements with Philips......but they didn't own them and vice versa.
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Of COURSE Mullard was Philips owned...for 50 years or so. I guess PERHAPS I am mistaken in thinking that they purchased Mullard ca. 1968, but I have read it, and heard it for 20 years now, mainly from old timers who wouldn't know the internet from a television.. so if untrue it must be the most widely believed myth in history. But--- this is a detail that I have no emotion invested in (i.e. I may be wrong, I may be right; I don't care...:0)Likely YOU are correct and for the correction I thank you.
Typo, meant to say:"Matsushita's didn't start being made in 1981 when Mullard shut down making EL34's.
Here Ya GO! While the 1954 date of when Matsushita began metalbase production is questionable, scroll down to the first picture of black base Matsushita EL34. Made in 1961. Interesting history of a mythical tube!
- http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://radiomann.hp.infoseek.co.jp/HomePageVT/Audio_EU_Pentode.html&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=10&ct=result&prev=/search?q=Japan+6CA7&start=30&hl=en&lr=&sa=N (Open in New Window)
I'm not sure what you are saying here, but I have Matsushita EL34s dating back to the 1960s. They even made metal base EL34s under license. THIS IS FACT; a bit of research should clear this up for you. Just google "Japanese EL34" and "Japanese 6CA7" and you will find a detailed history of Matsushita, Toshiba, and Hitachi; this will clarify this issue greatly for you. While I may not care/know for sure if Matsushita ever owned owned Mullard, because I don't have hard evidence, this kind of misinformation about 1981 dates etc. is starting ANOTHER myth and needs correction.
Easy Tiger. LOL. Press the Rewind button and hit Play again. This time listen to what I actually said (including the typo correction) rather than what you wanted me to say.
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