Telefunken Black Diamond E88CC / 6922

Noticed these at Tube Depot. Anybody tried these new tubes ??

slikric300005-22-2014 6:34am

rodman99999 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,171 posts 05-22-2014 at 08:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "The TELEFUNKEN Black Diamond Series tubes are built in the JJ Electronic Factory in Eastern Europe based on their existing models." Then they are tested, cryo'd, burned in, etc. In other words, they are specially treated JJ tubes.
roxy54 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8,066 posts 05-22-2014 at 10:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete OK, so then we should not consider them to be true Telefunkens in anything but name.
jmcgrogan2 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 6,346 posts 05-23-2014 at 02:12am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete They sound like re-issues, or "new Production" tubes to me. There are also re-issue Mullards and Genelax Gold Lion tubes out there on the market too. I'm guessing that Amperex, Siemens and others will soon follow suit, making money on a famous name.
dayglow Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,954 posts 05-23-2014 at 09:36pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The 6922 has been back ordered for quite a while?
noromance Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,923 posts 05-27-2014 at 01:10pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Roxy54, NOS are not new production tubes. NOS are unused old tubes.