In article , Iain Churches
wrote:

"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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In article , Eiron

Iain wrote
This may explain why Harold Leak rode to the factory in a Rolls and
Ted Rule used a bicycle:-)

Jim Wrote
It does seem a rather odd outburst coming out of nowhere onto this
thread.

You mentioned a cheap Armstrong system on e-Bay. I mentioned the red
Armstrong valve amp.

Ah! Curious that you felt 1,136 quid was cheap! The units were above 800
quid IIRC when new 30+ years ago. I hadn't thought the price would go up to
over a 1000 quid now, but people do sometimes pay wild prices on ebay, etc.
So it may not be a good way to judge such matters... even for Leak kit you
gave ebay examples of. :-)

I'm now wondering if you've muddled up which amplifiers I was talking about
in your eagerness to comment.


Henry Leak himself was a first class salesman. He travelled the world
demonstrating Leak products. The UK national press covered his trip to
Australia. Excellent PR.

Yes, he was good at all that. :-)


But some may recall the story of how his (sic) first transistor amp
design was actually 'developled'.

Most of us know the story (apocryphal) Jim. No one would be so foolish.
A locker at Waterloo station propably cost 3d back then:-) Do you think
anyone believes such a tall story?

Which story are you referring to? The one told by Jack Dinsdale? Your
"locker" comment seems to refer to something else. If so, you'd have to
explain and give details before anyone could comment. I think Jack is dead,
so you could call him a liar if you chose and not be sued. I don't know if
people would accept being told that, though. But again, I'm now wondering
if you've reacted without realising what I was referring to.


BTW Iain, if your friend wants to sell the amp, I'm sure he can get a
higher price for it somewhere and make a profit. He may not be able to
buy his own Rolls from it, though.

I made him an offer. It would be an interesting piece of British audio
history to own.

Personally, I don't want to "own" it as I don't collect kit for its own
sake. So you're welcome to outbid the ten quid I had in mind. :-) In
fairness, warn him as he is a friend that sometimes you can get quite high
prices on ebay.

What I would like is to be able to get more photos than I have of one in
good visual condition. It would also be nice to see and examine one as I've
only ever seen that design in photos. I agree the red looks a bit
startingly naff these days. But a lot of old kit looks weird to modern
eyes.

Jim

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