UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum - View Single Post

Radio Wrangler · 20th Sep 2020, 7:28 am

I think Quad had been hit with a surge of orders for the 33/303 at its introduction. It was one of the first transistor amplifiers to genuinely not be a drop in performance from its valved predecessor, and it had looks to get it into all sorts of designer-y places. It got noticed.

So there was probably a case of 'all hands to the pumps' in Huntingdon which may have contributed to parts availability problems in getting the FM3 into production. They'd have still been able to exhibit the FM3 case with a 'coming soon!' label.

In the end, they turned out a good little tuner.

David

20th Sep 2020, 7:28 am	#38
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,868	Re: Quad FM3 no stereo I think Quad had been hit with a surge of orders for the 33/303 at its introduction. It was one of the first transistor amplifiers to genuinely not be a drop in performance from its valved predecessor, and it had looks to get it into all sorts of designer-y places. It got noticed. So there was probably a case of 'all hands to the pumps' in Huntingdon which may have contributed to parts availability problems in getting the FM3 into production. They'd have still been able to exhibit the FM3 case with a 'coming soon!' label. In the end, they turned out a good little tuner. David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done