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Audion_11-S-grade

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ID = 74720
       
Country:
United States of America (USA)
Brand: DeForest-Tubes
Developer: DeForest-Tubes 
Tube type:  Triode, vacuum   Audio Frequency 
Identical to Audion_11-S-grade
Similar Tubes
Normally replaceable-slightly different:
  Audion_12-x-grade

Base Edison (candelabra) 12 mm Other combinations of connections.
Was used by Radio/TV-reception etc.
Filament Direct / Battery =
Description In the manufacture of commercially available Audions in 1909 an anomaly occurred whereby some tubes performed at a much higher level than others on test. The standard tubes were referred to as S grade and sold at a price that was affordable for some customers. The higher performing tube was called X grade and sild for a higher price. It is not known how long this practice continued. The two tubes could did not have any way of being identified from each other. 
Dimensions (WHD)
incl. pins / tip
x 54 x mm / x 2.13 x inch
Information source Saga of the Vacuum Tube, Tyne   Page 69

 

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