Lampizator Valve / Tube Rolling Review Thread

[wisnon]

Yeah it's OK I think Not an award winner, though.

Double mica construction rules!

 

[wisnon]

I believe this is the Footscray one.

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Da man! LoL

 

[Zero000]

I believe this is the Footscray one.

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Well I am looking at my FE's internal construction against that picture and it looks identical as far as I can see.

Interesting.

 

[Zero000]

This kind Japanese seller will let you have 1 FE identical to mine for £823.41 plus postage. I paid £45.

Brimar Cv717/5R4Gy Hanging Heater Direct Thermal Rectifier Nib 3 Brimmer | eBay

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[wisnon]

This kind Japanese seller will let you have 1 FE identical to mine for £823.41 plus postage. I paid £45.

Brimar Cv717/5R4Gy Hanging Heater Direct Thermal Rectifier Nib 3 Brimmer | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Brimar Cv717/5R4Gy Hanging Heater Direct Thermal Rectifier Nib 3 Brimmer at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

www.ebay.co.uk

Yes...becuz footscray sound better and cists waaay more. People know.

 

[Zero000]

Yes...becuz footscray sound better and cists waaay more. People know.

Norman read the post properly.

 

[Golum]

This kind Japanese seller will let you have 1 FE identical to mine for £823.41 plus postage. I paid £45.

Brimar Cv717/5R4Gy Hanging Heater Direct Thermal Rectifier Nib 3 Brimmer | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Brimar Cv717/5R4Gy Hanging Heater Direct Thermal Rectifier Nib 3 Brimmer at the best online prices at eBay! Free delivery for many products!

www.ebay.co.uk

Well i have Brimar with double mica and I paid it 90% less then this guy is asking - so it can very well stay in Japan

 

[Zero000]

Well i have Brimar with double mica and I paid it 90% less then this guy is asking - so it can very well stay in Japan

STC=Brimar it's the same tube as mine.

 

[Golum]

STC=Brimar it's the same tube as mine.

Justin i wouldn’t say they are the same at all...

 

[wisnon]

Guys...SFox and I dug into this years ago. He brought me up to speed on this stuff. Footscray STC was selling for over $500 each 5 years ago already. More than Brimar. Oldway FE sold for like $40 then. The tube Goran has is a Brimar double mica. Again a diff tube. I jave had Cetron/CEI/Mazda/Haltron version of that. Maybe even a Brimar...cant recall. Never had the Fivre as it was akways too expensive.

So Justin, even if similar looking Footscray production is always far more expensive that Oldway. The market values it a lot more, based on extensive but subjective user feedback.

 

[Zero000]

Norman you missed the point. The £800+ tube in the eBay link is an FE Oldway.

Given there appears to be no difference in the Footscray versus Oldway, I wonder whether the grids and filaments are in some way different.

Goran I agree it's not the same. But STC is Brimar. As a quick example see this 5Z4GY add.

5Z4G 5Z4GY CV1863 STC BRIMAR NOS BOXED VALVE TUBE | eBay

KB/FE STC BRIMAR. RECTIFIER TUBE. 1972 DATE CODE.

www.ebay.co.uk

 

[shadowlight]

I will have to try the Haltron version of the tube. I have not used any other rectifiers since I settled on GZ480.

 

[Crashem]

I also did research into this years ago. Here are my notes on what makes it a footscray:

1) D getters
2) hanging filaments below mica by springs, not abutting the mica
3) straight support bars (outside anode plate), none crossing

could be labeled stc or brimar. Need to have all those features to ensure footscray.

 

[Crashem]

FYI, I had long discussion with Langrex who is that ebay seller years ago and requested specifically those features. Let me get pictures of different versions

 

[Crashem]

So here are some pictures.

1) brimar labeled but has all the features
2) very similar labeling to #1 but notice the O getters
3) not labeled but notice same construction as #1
4) picture of hanging filaments on all of them
5) included for fun, a fivre from the 1960’s supposedly

 

[Zero000]

Norman you missed the point. The £800+ tube in the eBay link is an FE Oldway.

Given there appears to be no difference in the Footscray versus Oldway, I wonder whether the grids and filaments are in some way different.

Goran I agree it's not the same. But STC is Brimar. As a quick example see this 5Z4GY add.

5Z4G 5Z4GY CV1863 STC BRIMAR NOS BOXED VALVE TUBE | eBay

KB/FE STC BRIMAR. RECTIFIER TUBE. 1972 DATE CODE.

www.ebay.co.uk

Grids? What am I on about it's a rectifier, LOL.

 

[Zero000]

So here are some pictures.

1) brimar labeled but has all the features
2) very similar labeling to #1 but notice the O getters
3) not labeled but notice same construction as #1
4) picture of hanging filaments on all of them
5) included for fun, a fivre from the 1960’s supposedly

Excellent post. Mine has circular getters exactly like your pic 2. Otherwise the same as 1. Can you hear any difference between 1 and 2?

 

[Crashem]

Ok this is interesting, I had a new pair of eml px4 I got by mistake which I thought were a bit “soft” and closed soundstage. Since I had the footscray brimar out, I switch it in for the tak 274b. More air and bigger soundstage. And now the sound had a bit more bite to it and bass was faster, At the cost maybe, of loss of density. But really did sound better.

 

[Crashem]

Excellent post. Mine has circular getters exactly like your pic 2. Otherwise the same as 1. Can you hear any difference between 1 and 2?

ill test it out later. Right now have the D getter brimar in with comments above. I’ll let it play a bit and try the Brimar with O getters

 

[Golum]

And the comeback tube of the year award goes to..... 5R4GY