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Originally Posted by Craig Sawyers
It started in 1963 with Leak and its Germanium transistor Stereo 30.
And ended up with this https://www.hifinews.com/content/dag...ower-amplifier
Each mono power amplifier weights a quarter ton, and costs £125k. That is right - a stereo pair is half a ton, and will set you back a quarter million quid.
And then you need a preamp and signal source of some description.
Yeesh.
Craig |
Is it for playing music or beating people to death?
In the BBC Bush House control room, there were valve distribution amplifiers which were not switched off, except for failure, in thirty years. Individual amps were made plug-in for speedy maintenenace should the need arise. During the refurbishment operation in the early 80s, the old amps were powered down rack by rack as their replacements were installed. One rack got powered down by mistake and stayed off for about an hour before being switched on again - whereupon six or seven of the eleven amps in that group failed. My name was mud with Shift Maintenance that day.