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Schiit Lyr Tube Rollers
May 10, 2015 at 1:58 PM Post #6,721 of 23,494
guidostrunk said:
From a listening , perspective, I'd have to say without a doubt, they're legit! They're from the same seller. It does seem really odd , like you said, his tubes look almost to good to be true. I'm sold. Lol
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HEy Sir Sam
I PM'd you
 
May 10, 2015 at 4:04 PM Post #6,722 of 23,494
Well apparently Mullard Blackburn doesn't make e88cc tubes, and steel pins. So I'm going to confirm with Larry that the tubes in question are actually ecc88. As it was stated to me in PM , that the Blackburn factory only made ecc88 gold pins. So it appears that I have the label backwards in my review. And am going to have Larry check the pins. It's possible I seen tarnished/dirty pins , and assumed steel. Lol.
 
May 10, 2015 at 4:44 PM Post #6,724 of 23,494
guidostrunk said:
Ok. So the mullards , in my review , are in fact labeled E88CC , with Blackburn date codes , and have steel pins. So I surely wasn't seeing things. Now I'm absolutely confused. How do these even exist , if they only made ecc88 gold pins? Lol
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Alternate Universe?
 
May 10, 2015 at 7:22 PM Post #6,727 of 23,494
guidostrunk said:
Lol. I suppose. I'll let some of the Mullard , tube vets chime in. Honestly, I'm clueless. I see what I see and that's about it. I'll post pics and codes of the tubes later and watch and learn.
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I'd be interested in the pics. I've seen the odd tube labelled E88CC without gold pins, usually a Matsushiitta. Not sure who else made them without gold pins...
 
May 10, 2015 at 10:31 PM Post #6,728 of 23,494
Made some revisions , to my review post. The one set of Mullards , are actually from 1969 , instead of 1965. These are the GE , re-label , gold pin 6922 , from the Blackburn factory. I'm still waiting on pics of the other pair of Mullards. Codes are (B9F5 & B9C3). I can't get a good pic of the one code so I'm not even going to bother posting the one tube out of the pair.


 
May 10, 2015 at 10:49 PM Post #6,729 of 23,494
These are the date codes on the Valvo CCa's. Supposedly , they only made the yellow print in the 60's. I'm not an expert so I'll let others chime in.
7L? ◢9C2
7LG ◢2G1
The code with the 9 in it, I'm having a hard time confirming the last character , in the batch code. It's either an 1 or a capital I. I can only see a portion of the very bottom. So it's possible that the one is a 62 and not a 72. I'll let the pros chime in.

Cheers
 
May 10, 2015 at 11:14 PM Post #6,730 of 23,494
guidostrunk said:
Made some revisions , to my review post. The one set of Mullards , are actually from 1969 , instead of 1965. These are the GE , re-label , gold pin 6922 , from the Blackburn factory. I'm still waiting on pics of the other pair of Mullards. Codes are (B9F5 & B9C3). I can't get a good pic of the one code so I'm not even going to bother posting the one tube out of the pair.


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Interesting stuff! Which makes me a tube geek!
 
May 10, 2015 at 11:17 PM Post #6,731 of 23,494
guidostrunk said:
These are the date codes on the Valvo CCa's. Supposedly , they only made the yellow print in the 60's. I'm not an expert so I'll let others chime in.
7L? ◢9C2
7LG ◢2G1
The code with the 9 in it, I'm having a hard time confirming the last character , in the batch code. It's either an 1 or a capital I. I can only see a portion of the very bottom. So it's possible that the one is a 62 and not a 72. I'll let the pros chime in.

Cheers
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Sam, if the "?" were to be a "1" it would correspond to a 1956 or 1957 date from Heerlen (the 9, not the 2 reflects the year).....soooo that one doesn't make sense.  7L1 would not be a 1959.
More probably the "?" is a missing "letter" and it would correspond to a 1969 date.
My best guess anyway.
 
May 10, 2015 at 11:22 PM Post #6,732 of 23,494
I'll try my best to get a pic Billy. It's very hard to see. All I can make out is a horizontal line at the very bottom of where the number or letter is supposed to be. So I'm just assuming the #1 or a capital I.
billerb1 said:
Sam, if the "?" were to be a "1" it would correspond to a 1956 or 1957 date from Heerlen (the 9, not the 2 reflects the year).....soooo that one doesn't make sense.  7L1 would not be a 1959.
More probably the "?" is a missing "letter" and it would correspond to a 1969 date.
My best guess anyway.
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May 10, 2015 at 11:44 PM Post #6,733 of 23,494
Here's the thing though folks. If these Valvos were from 72,82,92 or 2002. It doesn't matter. The sound is like nothing else I've encountered. I don't think people buy tubes , to listen to the code on the side. Lol.
After listening to these, and comparing them to two different sets of "Top dog" , Siemens CCa's, to my ears they're absolutely legit. And to my ears, the Valvos are in another league. With that said. It's time for enjoying the music now.

Cheers
 
May 11, 2015 at 12:25 AM Post #6,734 of 23,494
guidostrunk said:
Here's the thing though folks. If these Valvos were from 72,82,92 or 2002. It doesn't matter. The sound is like nothing else I've encountered. I don't think people buy tubes , to listen to the code on the side. Lol.
After listening to these, and comparing them to two different sets of "Top dog" , Siemens CCa's, to my ears they're absolutely legit. And to my ears, the Valvos are in another league. With that said. It's time for enjoying the music now.

Cheers
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Enjoy! It only matters if anyone (say ME-for example :) spends the next month looking for them! :) But dang it plug them in and ENJOY!! Thanks for your efforts to figure out what they are
 
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