Does this look like a 'real' Siemens EL84?

[KissTone]

It's the only pic I have at the moment, but from what you can see here, do these look like Siemens EL84s? Maybe relabelled Ei's

You can't really see it in this pic, but plates are stapled.

And speaking of Siemens, I just noticed that you can buy new Siemens tube boxes in lots of 25 on fleaBay. Now what ever would one want to do that for, I wonder?

 

[Blue Strat]

I don't have a sample EI around. I'm thinking that most items with copper inside probably aren't recent production, though EI wouldn't be very recent. In your search, compare the shapes of the mica spacers too. Those are often "signature" components that can help identify the maker.

Well, here are some EI photos. So much for the copper theory.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs...-001&fr2=piv-web&hspart=mozilla&hsimp=yhs-001

 

[KissTone]

Thanks, Mike. I'm looking at some Ei pics and see plenty of copper. ;-)

The caption on the photo below is: "Ei EL84 - 1969 Philips Hex Plate kM4 revision - Nish Yugoslavia"

To my inexperienced eye, they look just like the supposed 'Siemans.'