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Phil Allison wrote:
** Had a chat with the owner this afternoon, fist chance for me since he
delivered the system to a retail store I deal with.

The Cadet II set up belonged to his father and the Mullard valves are
all ORIGINAL, so 50+ years old !!!!

Which simply means it hasn't had much use. All valves wear out eventually.
And pentode output valves like EL84 not known for a long life.

He also has a pair of Leak 3-way speakers with 12 inch woofers from the
same era to use with it.

Interesting - which model? Most Leaks were two-way.

Nice going, Mr Rogers.

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