BRIMAR 6146 tubes/ are they any good?

[Brian AF4K]

Brimar tubes are generally pretty good.
Made in England or France probably... They should work 
fine.

In the early 1960's STC spun off Brimar to "Thorn-AEI Radio 
Valves and Tubes LTD"

This company made tubes under the Mazda and Brimar names, 
as well as Ediswan. FYI, Mazda was a British company, and
in the 1920's Ediswan and Mazda were major makers of 
radio tubes. 
Ediswan was the world's first radio tube maker (A joint effort 
started in 1883 by Edison Eletric Light Co and Swan Electric 
Lighting Co.)

Many of Mazda's later tubes were made in French factories and 
are excellent. Some of their  early production made for the war dept 
are labeled "services public guerre". Guerre meaning war in French. 

Extracted from:
http://www.harpamps.com/micKtubes/Mazda-History.html

On 26 Sep 2005 at 1:51, Robert Myers wrote:

> I just received some tubes that were supposed to be NOS RCA plain 6146 (no
> A,' 'B,' or 'W' suffix).  Instead arrived as BRIMAR brand plain 6146 tubes -
> I've never heard of them.  Are they any good compared to U.S. brands like
> GE, RCA, Sylvania, etc.  I don't even know where these were made, or when.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Rob
> 
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