From: phil_a@tpg.com.au   
      
   "Iain Churchus"   
   >   
   >>> 10" LPs had been available in the UK since 1951,   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> ** So did the chicken or the egg come first ?   
   >   
   > Smart businessmen like Harold Leak and Peter Waker were   
   > clearly looking ahead. It was probably clear to anyone that   
   > major leaps forward were imminent.   
      
      
   ** I was only asking ( tongue in cheek) if the 10 inch LP or the Quad I came   
   first -  far as consumers in the UK were concerned.  I do NOT believe that   
   one actually caused the other to appear  - nor that Harold Leak or Peter   
   Walker were prescient.   
      
   Bet anything, Peter never dreamt that when he designed the Quad II:   
      
   1. His little factory would end up making about 96,000 of them over the next   
   17 years.   
      
   2. The Chinese would be making the same design in 2011 and using the name "   
   Quad II Classic " on it.   
      
      
      
   ...  Phil   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)