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RE: Valvo 6201 What do I have?

if it has a printed white "D" in bottom between pins it is sure original VALVO/Hamburg made. my experience says that all pinched waist VALVOS (very early vintage types) were made by VALVO.

the colours (green/yellow/red/blue) show the former distribution channels. the destiantion of yellow ones was german postal/broadcasting supply, green for calculators/computers, blue for avaiation an seafaring purposes and red for other common technical use.

a coloured VALVO is not a guarantee for perfect sound at all. i tried several blue 6201 types in phase converter position of my preamp and was disappointed from their performance. i found far better canditates (ECC81 made by RFT and Telefunken). sorry!

N.




Edits: 12/24/16

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