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Philips Audio Tubes

(Valvo Amperex Mullard)

Logos and Labels

Characteristics

Understand Codes

Common Labels
Label Colors

ECC81

ECC82
ECC83
E88CC

EF86

EL34

EL84

EZ80/81

GZ34

Other Tubes


Logos and Labels   Amperex = Valvo = Mullard = Miniwatt ???

   
 

  I Know that there are still people who may think that "Miniwatt" E188CC or "Amperex" ECC82 are the best ever made. BUT this is not so easy: Philips used a lot of different distribution names for their tubes and these name labels (or a special logo as the bugle boy) do not say anything about a tube's quality.

 
     
 

3 different ECC83 tubes ???

NO!

They are from the same:

- plant

- year

- batch

And so naturally of the same

- quality

- sound

 
         
   

  In the U.S. and Canada Philips tubes were labelled "Amperex" or with a "Bugle Boy" logo. Many of these "Amperex" tubes were made in the plant in Heerlen, Netherlands. Philips tubes produced in Germany appeared as "Valvo". In southern Europe most Philips tubes were sold and produced as Miniwatt or Dario (Italy). BUT: MANY LABELS WERE USED FOR TUBES OF DIFFERENT ORIGINE - there are zillions of Valvos from the Netherlands and "Philips" labelled tubes from Great Britain where they usually appeared as "Mullard"....... So WATCH AT THE CODES!

         
 

 

 

 

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