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- From: al@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Alan Peterman)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio
- Subject: Re: Preamp and Amp
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.011624.13858@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 01:16:24 GMT
- Article-I.D.: qiclab.1993Jan22.011624.13858
- References: <185021@pyramid.pyramid.com> <shetline-200193011700@128.89.19.74> <C15MxA.Cwq@ssesco.com> <1993Jan20.171541.29871@bnr.ca>
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- In article <1993Jan20.171541.29871@bnr.ca> Dave Dal Farra <gpz750@bnr.ca> writes:
- >
- >Every Fifties transistor amp I've heard has been strident an horrifying.
- >Everything I'ver read (in audiophile and Elec. eng. journals) has
- >tended to support this. Of course, their may contradictory examples,
- >but I don't know of any.
-
- I was doing a fair amount of experimenting with audio in the late
- 50's (and on through the 80's)...and I'll be darned if I can
- think of ANY transistor amps from the 50's. I'm not saying
- there were NONE..but I really don't think there were any that
- were marketed or generally available (or sonically even
- mediocre) until about 1964. I have in front of me my 1964 Allied
- catalog and I don't see any solid state gear from Scott, Fisher,
- HK, McIntosh or Marantz. I do see some "All-transistor" Knight gear
- (aka Allied's own junk gear)...but nothing that is quality.
-
- I respectfully suggest you refer to the poor solid state gear of
- the 60's in the future...the solid state gear from the 50's is
- as rare as personal computers from the 60's..
-
-
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