From: IainNG@kolumbus.fi   
      
   "flipper"  wrote in message   
   news:bm2iv61uqvcrdhuleoon88pbr43fihia0d@4ax.com...   
      
   > I don't have an opinion on the Radford but to say they simply   
   > described it as a public address amplifier is a misrepresentation as   
   > they explicitly claim a few sentences on down that it's 'performance'   
   > is equal to the 'best' low power high fidelity amplifier.   
      
      
   Of course it is not a PA amp, Flipper, although some may   
   have been sold for that application.   
      
   The STA100 was designed because studios and   
   broadcast in the UK had stated that both the   
   Radford STA25 and the Quad were   
   underpowered for their needs.   
      
   I have an original Radford booklet somewhere,   
   but in the meantime, here is the entry from a UK   
   Broadcast Yearbook 1969:   
      
   Radford STA100.   
   Stereo Valve amplifier. Output 100W RMS per channel.   
   THD Less than 0.1% at 1kHz rated output.   
   FR 20Hz - 20kz  -1dB +0dB.   
   Noise level -95dB at 60W   
   Input 350mV   
   Output valves KT88   
   Mains powered.  Price £112.10   
      
   I would add that when measured the power   
   bandwidth (-3dB points at full power) were   
   8Hz - 58kHz.   
      
   In the UK in 1968, UKP112 was quite a lot   
   of money.  According to a table published by   
   the Financial Times, the average salary (gross)   
   was UKP 1,488.98 so UKP28 per week.   
   Thus the STA was about a month's salary   
   (gross) for most of us.   
      
   Just as a comparison, the average salary in   
   the UK in 2010 was UKP 39,000 which is   
   750 per week.  This would put the STA100   
   in today's money at:  UKP 3000 that's USD 4250.   
   or AUD 4020. Cheap?  I don't think so!   
      
      
   Regards   
   Iain   
      
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