Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market for them
in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork Orange".

On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 06:46:19 GMT, "Gordon Pratt"
wrote:

Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market for them
in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork Orange".

They were certainly style icons in the '70s, although many people had
trouble with the sliders on the preamp going crackly after a year or
two. Best try E-Bay to find if they have value.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 06:46:19 GMT, "Gordon Pratt"
wrote:

Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market for them
in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork Orange".

They were certainly style icons in the '70s, although many people had
trouble with the sliders on the preamp going crackly after a year or
two. Best try E-Bay to find if they have value.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

I remember to read on italian audio magazines that they were amongst the
better amplifier systems about 1980.
Audio technology really hasnt improved from 1975.
I think that they can be very good for an audiophile system even today.
Try them before decide to sell them.
I think that they only need some service after 25 years: change all
electrolitic capacitors with today's better audio grade capacitors, clean
potentiometers etc., little works that can return them to state of the art
audio.
Regards .
Gian Luca

"Gordon Pratt" ha scritto nel messaggio
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Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market for
them
in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork Orange".

I remember to read on italian audio magazines that they were amongst the
better amplifier systems about 1980.
Audio technology really hasnt improved from 1975.
I think that they can be very good for an audiophile system even today.
Try them before decide to sell them.
I think that they only need some service after 25 years: change all
electrolitic capacitors with today's better audio grade capacitors, clean
potentiometers etc., little works that can return them to state of the art
audio.
Regards .
Gian Luca

"Gordon Pratt" ha scritto nel messaggio
news:%WeAb.242766$Dw6.840824@attbi_s02...
Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market for
them
in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork Orange".

In article %WeAb.242766$Dw6.840824@attbi_s02, Gordon Pratt
writes
Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market for them
in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork Orange".



Wasn't this designed by Dave Aspinal about 1980 or thereabouts, or was
he involved in the Lentek outfit?. Another bunch located near the hub of
British Audio, around Huntingdon.

Time doth distort the memory somewhat!....
--
Tony Sayer

In article %WeAb.242766$Dw6.840824@attbi_s02, Gordon Pratt
writes
Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market for them
in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork Orange".



Wasn't this designed by Dave Aspinal about 1980 or thereabouts, or was
he involved in the Lentek outfit?. Another bunch located near the hub of
British Audio, around Huntingdon.

Time doth distort the memory somewhat!....
--
Tony Sayer

tony sayer wrote:
In article %WeAb.242766$Dw6.840824@attbi_s02, Gordon Pratt
writes
Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market
for them in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork
Orange".


Wasn't this designed by Dave Aspinal about 1980 or thereabouts, or was
he involved in the Lentek outfit?. Another bunch located near the hub
of British Audio, around Huntingdon.

A bit earlier than that I think. I have an old mate who's had the flat
slider preamp/cylinder power amp combo since the mid 70s

tony sayer wrote:
In article %WeAb.242766$Dw6.840824@attbi_s02, Gordon Pratt
writes
Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market
for them in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork
Orange".


Wasn't this designed by Dave Aspinal about 1980 or thereabouts, or was
he involved in the Lentek outfit?. Another bunch located near the hub
of British Audio, around Huntingdon.

A bit earlier than that I think. I have an old mate who's had the flat
slider preamp/cylinder power amp combo since the mid 70s

On Sat, 6 Dec 2003 12:32:31 +0000, tony sayer
wrote:

In article %WeAb.242766$Dw6.840824@attbi_s02, Gordon Pratt
writes
Has anyone in the UK heard of Lecson Preamps & Amplifiers? I have two
preamps and a 100watt/ch cylindrical Amplifier. Is there any market for them
in the UK? They were shown briefly in the movie "Clockwork Orange".



Wasn't this designed by Dave Aspinal about 1980 or thereabouts, or was
he involved in the Lentek outfit?. Another bunch located near the hub of
British Audio, around Huntingdon.

Time doth distort the memory somewhat!....

IIRC, they were done by Boothroyd, and Bob Stuart of Meridian.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering