Admiral Tubes: Ever heard of them

TelZilla · March 26th, 2008, 05:55 PM

I got a NOS 5Y3 today from www.thetubestore.com.

It's an Admiral brand, made in the USA. I've never heard of these. Is anybody familiar with these? Are they high quality?

<jbc> · March 26th, 2008, 06:02 PM

Re-branded RCA from the old Admiral TV company???

woodman · March 26th, 2008, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by <jbc>

Re-branded RCA from the old Admiral TV company???

that would be my guess ... if not RCA, another NOS brand. anything they put in an Admiral TV is probably a pretty good tube.

JimiBryant · March 26th, 2008, 06:16 PM

re-branding was VERY common back in the day - remember: ALL tubes that
were US-made were manufactured by either GE, RCA or Sylvania and were
then branded as the purchaser specified (in your case, Admiral)

prob'ly an old TV or radio tube..

Jerry J · March 26th, 2008, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by JimiBryant

re-branding was VERY common back in the day - remember: ALL tubes that
were US-made were manufactured by either GE, RCA or Sylvania and were
then branded as the purchaser specified (in your case, Admiral)

prob'ly an old TV or radio tube..

Wait a second... ever hear of Tung Sol or Raytheon? I'm sure some others will pop up in my head shortly.

JimiBryant · March 26th, 2008, 09:47 PM

Jerry, you're going back a little further with those but yeah you're right.
I stand corrected.

MOST of the American-made tubes were made by the big three I mentioned.

I've seen tubes labeled Tung-Sol that were re-branded RCAs, though!

Tim Swartz · March 26th, 2008, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by JimiBryant

Jerry, you're going back a little further with those but yeah you're right.
I stand corrected.

MOST of the American-made tubes were made by the big three I mentioned.

I've seen tubes labeled Tung-Sol that were re-branded RCAs, though!

Tungsol certainly made tubes (and are very highly regarded) as did Raytheon, Bendex, Westinghouse and others.

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JimiBryant Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chicago Chicago that toddlin' town Age: 46 Posts: 1,002	Jerry, you're going back a little further with those but yeah you're right. I stand corrected. MOST of the American-made tubes were made by the big three I mentioned. I've seen tubes labeled Tung-Sol that were re-branded RCAs, though! __________________ I am very proud of the fact that I'm so humble!