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Phil Allison wrote:
Dave Plowman (News) 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.


** Even valves left in their boxes often do not last 50+ years -
developing faults like going gassy. These valves have likely not had a
huge amount of use, nevertheless to see all 8 in near perfect condition
is remarkable.

Yes it is. I had two valve amps in the day - Quad II and Radford STA25
(both bought used). Both needed valve replacement at some time while in
use. And the period I had them nothing like 50 years. Be interesting to
know just how those survived so well/



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.


** Leak made numerous 3-way models too, ones with 12 inch woofers
include the Sandwich 600 and the 2060. Sandwich 600s were made in
Australia at one time so are likely suspects here. The owner said the
speakers were labelled 8ohm.

Rank took over Leak and Wharfedale production in the 70s, so some cross
pollination with mid ranges and tweeters went on.


Right. Leak had a brief period of popularity in the UK when they first
brought out the sandwich. But after that I personally didn't see them very
often. Obviously, depends on what your friends etc bought.

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