On Wed, 11 May 2005 11:00:46 +0200, Tom Schlangen
wrote:

Mullards are famous for being muddy brand spanking new.

Yes, many Mullards show dark colored getter mirrors. AFAIK
this is caused just by the getter materials mix they used
and nothing to worry about.

Yeah, but I was thinking more of brown spots near the plate holes.
Reliable folks have said it's because the valves were run at
the factory, for testing possibly. But Mullards get almost
as smokey during their life as Sovteks. Well, not really...

Chris Hornbeck