[TK16]

Speaking of Siemens CCa, just picked this up for $225 buy it now before bidding started.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112174237806?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
 
@ThurstonX your welcome.

 

[Oskari]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Philips-E88CC-Goldpins-7L1-Date-code-/391590391363

Wonky cuz...
clearly a Brit tube, and part of the Philips family, IIRC.  I've only seen that printing on the Dutch tubes.  Maybe "wonky" is harsh, as there's no obvious false advertising (e.g., Made In Holland).

I don't find this implausible at all. Still Philips, as you say. That's a late version Mitcham tube, and Heerlen probably wasn't making them at this point.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Brimar-ECC88-NOS-NIB-Tubes-/391594721822

Wonky cuz...
if those aren't Russian tubes, my name's Rangy. They remind me of those crazy CEi (US co.) 6922s I got that are definitely from CCCP, and say they were made in West Germany.

Yeah. But it happened. This doesn't have to be an illegit rebrand job.

 

[spyder1]

I don't find this implausible at all. Still Philips, as you say. That's a late version Mitcham tube, and Heerlen probably wasn't making them at this point.
Yeah. But it happened. This doesn't have to be an illegit rebrand job.

​Is it the dealers responsibility to identify a Philips pair, as Mullard, or Brimar as Voskhod? With knowledge of vacuum tube structure, buyers should be able to make the call, and bid accordingly.

 

[ThurstonX]

  ​Is it the dealers responsibility to identify a Philips pair, as Mullard, or Brimar as Voskhod? With knowledge of vacuum tube structure, buyers should be able to make the call, and bid accordingly.

 
eBay dealers + responsibility = LMAO
 
It's all a bit esoteric, thus the value of threads like this one.
 
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing 

 

[spyder1]

   
eBay dealers + responsibility = LMAO
 
It's all a bit esoteric, thus the value of threads like this one.
 
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing 

ThurstonX,
 
In my short time posting this thread, I have learned the most from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others in this thread! Your teaching about vacuum tube codes, and tube structure has been a great help.

 

[tvnosaint]

He is one of the masters. Oskari too

 

[spyder1]

He is one of the masters. Oskari too

Oskari, is a great teacher also!

 

[Bleether]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/182288770526 Well this is what I purchased last week. Hope it turns out good. What do you tube experts think?

 

[billerb1]

 

   
eBay dealers + responsibility = LMAO
 
It's all a bit esoteric, thus the value of threads like this one.
 
A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing 

ThurstonX,
 
In my short time posting this thread, I have learned the most from you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others in this thread! Your teaching about vacuum tube codes, and tube structure has been a great help.

 
Prophet.  Poet laureate.

 

[TK16]

Have to concur, learned so much from the fine people in this thread.

 

[kolkoo]

  Speaking of Siemens CCa, just picked this up for $225 buy it now before bidding started.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/112174237806?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
 
@ThurstonX your welcome.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/112175146606
 
He posted one more for whoever is looking. I'm not sure what the codes A13 and A15 mean perhaps 63 / 65 no idea.

 

[ThurstonX]

He is one of the masters. Oskari too

 
Where's my Yoda emo??
 

  Oskari, is a great teacher also!

 
Nah, Oskari is Yoda.  I learned the most important lesson from him: PIH to printed labels!  Factory codes, factory codes, factory codes!  And failing that, internal structure.  I'm just a poor man's Obi-Wan Kenobi.

 

[ThurstonX]

Have to concur, learned so much from the fine people in this thread.

 
This is truly the Good-Vibes thread: rarely a vituperative word uttered, with the sharing of potential good deals and first offers on private sales the norm.  Not to mention the educational value through direct and anecdotal means.
 
 
Those 1964 USN-CEP 6922s are coming along, though far too early to compare.  Quite a deal, given most of prices out there.

 

[kolkoo]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/302113951033 This baby will sell for close to a floppedy trillion dollars dayumn

 

[TK16]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/112175146606

He posted one more for whoever is looking. I'm not sure what the codes A13 and A15 mean perhaps 63 / 65 no idea.

Was wondering the same thing, all his Siemens CCa auctions mention these numbers. Think I'll message the seller and ask. Tubes were shipped out in less that 24 hrs.