Thank you. Weren't Mullard manufactured tubes also sometimes branded Valvo?
Did you ever compare the metal base 5AR4 to the fat base 5AR4?
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Did you ever compare the metal base 5AR4 to the fat base 5AR4?
If you look at mine and the internal construction, it’s a Philips.
No, never compared it to a fat base.
So Mullard made the Mullard 5AR4 metal base, and the Amperex 5AR4 metal base, and the Phillips 5AR4 metal base and the Valvo 5AR4 metal base?
Where and who manufactured this tube is difficult to find out. Whether Philips in Brussels, or Mullard in Blackburn or Mitchum or Philips in Heerenlen netherlands.
Due to the construction, Philips design can be recognized by the features described here.
Rare tubes are from siemens ,munich
Due to the construction, Philips design can be recognized by the features described here.
Rare tubes are from siemens ,munich
As I said, by looking at the internal construction of the tube it is a Philips and not a Mullard.
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Here is a piece of marketing advice for high end audio manufacturers. Want to create a demand for your product? Make it really really hard to get one. Want a Taiko high end server? Well, you can't just buy one, even if you have the money. Oh no, you have to shop at a Taiko shop for months, perhaps years, and then slowly build up enough Taiko credits that you may qualify for one of their servers. That's how you do it. High end audio has a lot to learn from other markets about pricing and advertising strategies.
They Failed in Their Quests to Buy Birkin Bags. So They Sued.
But fans of the famed Hermès accessory say that the exclusivity is the whole point.
Herme's bags are much easier to get than Hermes bags.High end audio is hardly the only example of this trend. If you live in the Bay Area, as I do, housing is extraordinarily expensive, and if you want to live in trendy areas (e.g., near Palo Alto), be prepared to pay upwards of $5 million for a fixer upper. The higher the cost of housing, it seems, the greater the demand for it in the Bay Area. Given the runaway popularity of generative AI, new billionaires are being minted every month here, so lots of folks have money to splash about.
The Seventeen Mile Drive in Pebble Beach near Carmel is about an hour's drive from my house. Each year, they feature the most expensive collectible antique cars that are lavishly restored and sold at auction for frightening amounts of money (some in the tens of millions, and this is for a vehicle that no one in their right minds would actually drive, but stick in a posh garage). Compared to that, high end audio prices are really tame, IMHO.
And last but not least, my favorite example. The way you create a need for a product is to make sure it is really really hard to get one. Want a Birkin handbag, the ultimate fashion statement from Herme's. What's that, you want to just walk in to a Herme's store, and buy one? Ha! Well, perhaps if you are Taylor Swift. But for ordinary millionaires, you first have to shop at one of their stores. And shop. And shop. Each time, you get a little credit that you could eventually apply to getting one of these unobtaniums. Read all about it in the NY Time article.
Here is a piece of marketing advice for high end audio manufacturers. Want to create a demand for your product? Make it really really hard to get one. Want a Taiko high end server? Well, you can't just buy one, even if you have the money. Oh no, you have to shop at a Taiko shop for months, perhaps years, and then slowly build up enough Taiko credits that you may qualify for one of their servers. That's how you do it. High end audio has a lot to learn from other markets about pricing and advertising strategies.
They Failed in Their Quests to Buy Birkin Bags. So They Sued.
But fans of the famed Hermès accessory say that the exclusivity is the whole point.www.nytimes.com
Good catch brad, merry christmas
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Mullard made for telefunken( german army)
Recently in the UK there was a news story that there would be a shortage of Guinness over Christmas, brilliant marketing!High end audio is hardly the only example of this trend. If you live in the Bay Area, as I do, housing is extraordinarily expensive, and if you want to live in trendy areas (e.g., near Palo Alto), be prepared to pay upwards of $5 million for a fixer upper. The higher the cost of housing, it seems, the greater the demand for it in the Bay Area. Given the runaway popularity of generative AI, new billionaires are being minted every month here, so lots of folks have money to splash about.
The Seventeen Mile Drive in Pebble Beach near Carmel is about an hour's drive from my house. Each year, they feature the most expensive collectible antique cars that are lavishly restored and sold at auction for frightening amounts of money (some in the tens of millions, and this is for a vehicle that no one in their right minds would actually drive, but stick in a posh garage). Compared to that, high end audio prices are really tame, IMHO.
And last but not least, my favorite example. The way you create a need for a product is to make sure it is really really hard to get one. Want a Birkin handbag, the ultimate fashion statement from Herme's. What's that, you want to just walk in to a Herme's store, and buy one? Ha! Well, perhaps if you are Taylor Swift. But for ordinary millionaires, you first have to shop at one of their stores. And shop. And shop. Each time, you get a little credit that you could eventually apply to getting one of these unobtaniums. Read all about it in the NY Time article.
Here is a piece of marketing advice for high end audio manufacturers. Want to create a demand for your product? Make it really really hard to get one. Want a Taiko high end server? Well, you can't just buy one, even if you have the money. Oh no, you have to shop at a Taiko shop for months, perhaps years, and then slowly build up enough Taiko credits that you may qualify for one of their servers. That's how you do it. High end audio has a lot to learn from other markets about pricing and advertising strategies.
They Failed in Their Quests to Buy Birkin Bags. So They Sued.
But fans of the famed Hermès accessory say that the exclusivity is the whole point.
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