From: phil_a@tpg.com.au   
      
   "Iain Churchus"   
   >"Phil Allison"   
   >> In 1951 in the UK, there were no FM broadcasts, no stereo and the just   
   >> about the only records available were 78rpm and pickups were crude to say   
   >> the least.   
   >>   
   >>> just about the only records available were 78rpm and pickups were crude   
   >>> to say the least.   
   >   
   > Not quite, Phil   
   >   
   > 10" LPs had been available in the UK since 1951,   
      
      
   ** So did the chicken or the egg come first ?   
      
   In any case, the performance of the early LEAK and QUAD hi-fi amps were   
   orders of magnitude ahead of the signal sources available to non   
   professionals in the early 1950s and for much longer.   
      
   In fact, the same amps are not out of place in a modern domestic system  -   
   if fully restored to their past glory.   
      
   THD figures of 0.05% and s/n ratios of - 97 dB are still excellent and   
   better than most sources.   
      
   Did Harold and Peter fully realise how far ahead of the game they were ??   
      
      
      
   ....  Phil   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)