FS: Brimar CV4003 (12AU7WA) $50 shipped

dragon1952

I've got 1 NOS Brimar CV4003 (12AU7WA) for sale, Made in England. I could only find the Brimars in a matched pair and I only needed one for my EE Minimax so I've got one for sale. I paid $119 for the pair.
$50 shipped, Paypal.

gudnoyez

Just curious as to what tube this replaced in your minimax and your opinions.

dragon1952

I've tried so many I can't really remember the last one I had in there. I've had quite a few RCA's.... clear top, a black top 5814A, black plate, a 50's square getter, a Siemens E82CC, a Telefunken, a Bugle Boy and maybe a couple others. The Brimar is a really good one that doesn't really have any weak areas.

pitdogg2

Agree I've liked the Brimars I've used. Recently I've noticed a lot of the mid to late 80's era Brimars have hit the market. I do not have any Brimar tubes that are any later than 1965 so I can't comment on the 80's tubes.

Try it, you've got nothing to lose.

dragon1952

It's really hard to read the date code on this but it looks like 8C3/3987.
The 4 digits after the slash are the tube type of CV4003 and indicate a post 1960 manufacture date,
and in the first 3 digits the 8 indicates week of production month, the 3 indicates the month (March) and the 3 indicates the year, in this case it could be either 1963 or 1973.

dragon1952

SOLD.