In article , Brian Gaff
wrote:
I have never heard of that speaker, and wonder if it was a rebadged
something else,

Nope. Bill Purkis designed it whilst working for Armstrong at Warlters Rd.
I knew him and worked there at the same time. FWIW I still have a pair of
the prototype 602 units (lwhich lack veneer of their fronts) with spare /
alternative crossover boards. The sound is pretty similar to the good KEF
speakers of the period. But Bill had previously worked for Goodmans, not
KEF.

which would explain its short life and no reviews.

I suspect there *was* a review. But the speaker was released at a time when
the company was facing losing its factory, etc. So the 602 probably wasn't
on sale for very long.

Problem for me is that in those days there were a number of competing hi fi
magazines, and I don't have copies of many issues.

Alas, the internet seems to have killed off being able to find
old-fashioned specialist secondhand book/mag dealers who will talk to you
and accept payment via "cheque in the post". So since I can't get to
audiojumbles, fairs, etc, I find it hard to get issues of the old
magazines.

Jim

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