Once upon a time on usenet ~misfit~ wrote:
[snipped]
I see that they've sanitised their history section on their website
so that it doesn't cover much about their PA amps.
http://www.perreaux.com/about/perreaux-history
They used to have a page where they had pics from 1975, throwing one
of their Blockbuster PA amps off the roof of a single-story
commercial unit in Napier onto the concrete driveway, pics of the
dented heatsinks then pics of it powering up. It was a stunt to get
bands and hire outfits to buy their amplifiers, showing they couild
take the knocks on the road. I guess as they're chasing the big bucks
audiophool market they don't want potential buyers seeing that sort
of thing these days. I wish I'd saved that page now, I still have one
of those Blockbusters (though not in working condition.)

Also found this page while searching;
https://www.slideshare.net/PerreauxA...eshow-30645697
If I had to guess I'd say it'd been put together by Vicki ven Rooyen in
2014.

If anyone cares there are some of the pics from the lost page I mentioned
above, the crew throwing an amp off the roof, checking it out then powering
up on slide 20. "Marty" makes his first appearance on slide 40. It's a shame
that the slides aren't dated.

Reading between the lines of that slide show and going by what I remember
(and reading several cryptic comments about Peter Perreaux 'loosing the
plot') it seems that the comany went down-hill around they time they made
those fugly 'dog-bone' components. (Although I know a guy with a 'Ferrari
Red' set who loves it - and it sounds good.) It seems that during that
period they went away from their roots and started to prioritise form over
function.

Ok enough internet for now, time to warm up the soldering iron...
--
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy
little classification in the DSM*."
David Melville (in r.a.s.f1)
(*Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)