Sound and Sounds Good - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Ted Kendall · 22nd May 2012, 9:03 am

Wrong section, wrong forum maybe, but here goes...

I spent parts of my youth listening to a programme on BBC Radio London called "Sounds Good". This went out monthly and was aimed at hi-fi enthusiasts. Amongst the seemingly eternal complaints about dealers there were also words of wisdom from the likes of Peter Walker and Angus McKenzie. I recorded several of these but missed several more. Anybody got some tapes? This is a personal thing, incidentally - it's part of my past and that of a participant I've recently met, and it would please me to gather what I can of it before it drifts out of reach.

"Sound" was a similar programme from a decade earlier, on Network Three (!). I have one of these and, judging by some of the forthright opinions expressed, other editions would probably be worth saving, too.

ppppenguin · 22nd May 2012, 9:23 am

I also fondly remember "Sounds Good". Peter Bastin's "How to make a tape recorder" was a wonderful humorous item amongst all the good solid stuff from Mackenzie et al.

camtechman · 22nd May 2012, 11:25 am

I was interviewed on the "Sounds Good" show, back in the mid 1970's.

I worked for an electronics constuction magazine: E.T.I and one issue featured a "Compander" (sound compressor/expander) which the presenter of the "Sounds Good" show had read and wanted to know more about how we designed & built it, as well as the technical details.

It was a lavish event, they even gave me a cup of BBC coffee....YUK!

soundhog · 22nd May 2012, 3:42 pm

I've got (digital, dare I mention the word?) copies of five editions of Sound. Four are from what I assume to be the first series in 1959, these were taken from off-air recordings. There's a further one from 1962 (concentrating on the Radiophonic Workshop) which came from a BBC transcription disc. A very good listen they are, too.

Aub · 22nd May 2012, 5:46 pm

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Originally Posted by camtechman

I was interviewed on the "Sounds Good" show, back in the mid 1970's.

I worked for an electronics constuction magazine: E.T.I and one issue featured a "Compander" (sound compressor/expander) which the presenter of the "Sounds Good" show had read and wanted to know more about how we designed & built it, as well as the technical details.

It was a lavish event, they even gave me a cup of BBC coffee....YUK!

I used to love ETI. The 413 amplifier was one of the best things they ever did.

Synchrodyne · 23rd May 2012, 9:09 am

I recall listening to “Sounds Good” a few times in the 1970s when I was living in London. No recordings, though; I simply listened on my Beolit 707 which was all I had with me at the time. (Nice radio; acquired in 1977 and still going strong and has now seen service in 5 countries.)

There was one “Sounds Good” program with PJW as one of the guests where he suggested that with amplifiers, the stage had been reached where quite easily they could be made as good as wanted or needed except perhaps for noise in very low level circuits. I think this was referring to moving coil cartridge input stages, and might have been a bit before the Quad 44 control unit was introduced in 1979, this having MC input modules available whereas the Quad 33 did not.

Cheers,

22nd May 2012, 9:03 am	#1
Ted Kendall Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kington, Herefordshire, UK. Posts: 3,675	Sound and Sounds Good Wrong section, wrong forum maybe, but here goes... I spent parts of my youth listening to a programme on BBC Radio London called "Sounds Good". This went out monthly and was aimed at hi-fi enthusiasts. Amongst the seemingly eternal complaints about dealers there were also words of wisdom from the likes of Peter Walker and Angus McKenzie. I recorded several of these but missed several more. Anybody got some tapes? This is a personal thing, incidentally - it's part of my past and that of a participant I've recently met, and it would please me to gather what I can of it before it drifts out of reach. "Sound" was a similar programme from a decade earlier, on Network Three (!). I have one of these and, judging by some of the forthright opinions expressed, other editions would probably be worth saving, too.

22nd May 2012, 9:23 am	#2
ppppenguin Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: North London, UK. Posts: 6,168	Re: Sound and Sounds Good I also fondly remember "Sounds Good". Peter Bastin's "How to make a tape recorder" was a wonderful humorous item amongst all the good solid stuff from Mackenzie et al.

22nd May 2012, 11:25 am	#3
camtechman Nonode Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks. UK. Posts: 2,552	Re: Sound and Sounds Good I was interviewed on the "Sounds Good" show, back in the mid 1970's. I worked for an electronics constuction magazine: E.T.I and one issue featured a "Compander" (sound compressor/expander) which the presenter of the "Sounds Good" show had read and wanted to know more about how we designed & built it, as well as the technical details. It was a lavish event, they even gave me a cup of BBC coffee....YUK! __________________ When I die, please don't let my Wife sell my collection for the amount I told her I paid for it!

22nd May 2012, 3:42 pm	#4
soundhog Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Denbighshire, north Wales, UK. Posts: 43	Re: Sound and Sounds Good I've got (digital, dare I mention the word?) copies of five editions of Sound. Four are from what I assume to be the first series in 1959, these were taken from off-air recordings. There's a further one from 1962 (concentrating on the Radiophonic Workshop) which came from a BBC transcription disc. A very good listen they are, too.

23rd May 2012, 9:09 am	#6
Synchrodyne Nonode Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Papamoa Beach, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand Posts: 2,944	Re: Sound and Sounds Good I recall listening to “Sounds Good” a few times in the 1970s when I was living in London. No recordings, though; I simply listened on my Beolit 707 which was all I had with me at the time. (Nice radio; acquired in 1977 and still going strong and has now seen service in 5 countries.) There was one “Sounds Good” program with PJW as one of the guests where he suggested that with amplifiers, the stage had been reached where quite easily they could be made as good as wanted or needed except perhaps for noise in very low level circuits. I think this was referring to moving coil cartridge input stages, and might have been a bit before the Quad 44 control unit was introduced in 1979, this having MC input modules available whereas the Quad 33 did not. Cheers,