As far as I know no-one in Europe and maybe no-one in the world made these other than Philips/Mullard. They were prepared to let them be sold under anyone’s name, it seems. They’re the same valve inside though.
EDIT: They bear a striking internal resemblance to the Ei KT90, although the pin connections are different and the grid spacings must be too as they have very different electronic performance. I was told that PL519 production ended up at the Ei plant in Yugoslavia, Ei being by that stage part of the Philips/Mullard empire. When David Manley wanted a new KT-series valve that would withstand the high voltages he liked to use he approached Ei and the KT90 was the result. Some of its elements were simply swapped in from their existing high-power, high-voltage valve.
Aren’t these summat like £20,000’s worth of speakers we’re talking about? For anyone who can afford that, spunking north of 300 sheets once a decade isn’t even pocket change, and certainly not compared to what servicing the Bentayga and replacing the Russian mail-order brides every few years will of cost!
Haha I might be able to afford a decent car (wouldn’t swap Ann though) if I didn’t spunk all the dosh on ridiculous HiFi!!
Eŕr…you’re the one who lives in a mansion anyways
Just had a look on Rightmove for houses like yours in your postcode and that “mansion” (=big, knackered farmhouse) is worth about £50K less than your place!
Anyway not a pop at you, more a futile cry against the irrational moaning about the price of Stuff from people who think a 4-figure sum for some wanky footwear they barely wear is money well spent! It’s the sort of derp that garages hear day-in-day-out from punters who’ve spent a bloody fortune on some angry-looking nazischeisswagen, but then whine like teething infants at the cost of keeping it in good running-order!
Yeah, I know. It was just a retaliatory leg pull. This part of the smoke is nowhere near as expensive as some though.
Truth be known, this place is my pension fund. When I retire in 2/3 years time, we’ll be selling up and moving north - somewhere like Lincs where house prices are really reasonable. You never know, we could be neighbours!
Whilst property and stocks may crash there is one thing that’s copper bottomed - Porn. The Mr. MWS 65th Birthday ‘cash out for a penis extension and camcorder plan’ is recession proof and more fun than lumping bullion about. Anyone know how to set up crowd funding in case I can’t hack the naps and record playing for another 20 odd years?
There were loads of stories in L’pool back then about the streets of London being paved with gold.
When I got off the coach at Victoria, I noticed a tenner lying on the pavement. I was about to bend down to pick it up, then in true Liverpudlian style, I stopped myself and said fuck it I’ll start tomorrow.
which, with the postage, come in at about €33 each. And if Royal Mail are awake there will be import charges on top of that. I guess a high-end manufacturer is not really going to be bargain hunting on eBay for the odd valve here and there. If they want a reliable supply then I fear they might have to pay a bit more for them. And they’ll sell them for more than they pay, of course. They still won’t be anywhere near three figures though.
While the electrode will undoubtedly wear out wouldn’t it be worth checking how much life is actually left in the PL519’s before changing to the new ones? I’m sure Pete could check them on his Avo.
Really stoooopid comment that. The majority of us up here don’t live cheek-by-jowl in overpriced Barrett hutches. The majority of people I know of my age have paid out our mortgages, and some of us even have pensions that don’t rely on a massively illiquid asset.
How did you carry the £4Ks worth of power tools then Jim 