I see some Westinghouse, CBS, & Ratheon tubes here & there for sale but know nothing about them. Never had any to try out. So, I am currious about who
exactly made these tubes & what kind of tone they have, say a 12AX7 CBS, Westinghouse, or Ratheon compared to a GE, RCA, Telefunken, Philips, or Mullard
which I am familiar with. I Know Westinghouse made thier own tubes but not sure about CBS or Ratheon.
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CBS & Westinghouse tubes?
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Posts: 1444 (03/03/09 20:43) Techus Maximus |
CBS and Westinghouse are almost certainly "rebranded" tubes, while Raytheon "might" be real or rebranded depending upon their age (older
most likely Raytheon, newer most likely rebranded).
"...Renovatio, non Exauguratio..."
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Posts: 21 (03/04/09 14:56) |
I always thought Westinghouse made their own tubes. You learn something every day. Raytheon, got it right this time I think! And I always thought
Raytheon's were rebranded tubes period.
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Posts: 8147 (03/04/09 20:52) |
Check out page 21 of the following link:
http://www.ieee.org/porta...tory/pdfs/Lederer004.pdf Westinghouse appears to have made tubes for a short time in the early 50's. At one time General Electric and Westinghouse worked very closely under the supervision of the US military for the sake of safeguarding radio communication technology during World War 1. Then RCA was created by GE after the war [ when they purchased British Marconi ] to avoid the appearance of being a monopoly. Each was given a different part of the "pie", apparently with some non-compete clauses attached [ mentioned in above link ]. I agree that a great percentage of the Westinghouse branded product out there was made by others: http://www.geocities.com/rxtxtubes/pa01044.htm
So many
frequencies, so little time...
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Posts: 1 (06/20/09 11:08) |
CBS was I believe always made by RCA. The Hytron brand too is RCA manufacture. Raytheon manufactured tubes were some of the best ever US made tubes e,g the
7729.
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