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   Phil Allison to All   
   Re: Acoustical/QUAD's Bean Counters?   
   07 Jun 11 20:17:18   
   
   From: phil_a@tpg.com.au   
      
   "John Byrns" <   
   >A couple of questions for Mr. Turner, with respect to the Bean Counters   
   >employed   
   > by Acoustical/QUAD back in the days when the QUAD II was being designed.   
   >   
   > First question, we know much of what you feel is wrong with the design of   
   > the   
   > QUAD II, and how you would design an amplifier using the modern technology   
   > available today, and with cost not an object.  What we don't know is what   
   > sort   
   > of design you wold produce if you were employed by QUAD in the day and   
   > were   
   > tasked with designing the "QUAD II" while maintaing the same factory cost   
   > as the   
   > actual QUAD II.  Any comments on what you would have done differently?   
   >   
   > Second question, you may have addressed this in the past, or perhaps not,   
   > have   
   > you reverse engineered the Output Transformer used in the QUAD II?  How   
   > sophisticated was the design, how much interleaving was incorporated?   
   >   
      
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