I think this was my first real amp....

This was my first amp circa 1970

well not quite I didn't have the teak surround cos it was £5 more

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Good amp the 3020.

I bet a freshly serviced one would be excellent with high sensitivity Tannoys and also the ESL, though for different reasons.

 

Trio KA1200G

Here's another early amp.
I used to regularly blow the output stage on this as a kid by connecting torch bulbs to the speaker terminals and making them flash to the music
Shorted out a few times so off we marched to the local hi-fi shop where the resident repair man, a tall, thin chap in a white lab coat with specs perched on the end of nose would wag his finger at me.

Philmos Audio in Bethnal Green East London, now sadly a hairdressers

This is the wee amp:

 

Ee! They don't make 'em like they used to!

 

teleton ga 202 any help from anyone

Hello rob i`ve tried to contact you with regard a schematic for teleton ga 202
i have decided i will repair by hook or crook reading through the forums has made me yearn for the old days when you could actually repair stuff. i can`t pin down replacment power o/p transistors all four are c1061 npn gen purpose probebly darlington arrangment left the trade in mid 80`s so rusty.Again any help most appreciated.

 

Hi Chris,

I do have a manual but it doesn't contain a schematic.

 

Another nice amp from my early years - Mistubishi DAU310.

This came after the Teleton and Trio but was another 'Grandad Oh look its only £50' purchase

KJ Leisuresound were having an end of line clearance on these and knocking them out for £50. I loved the looks and it was actually very nicely specified.
50w in to 8R, 70w into 4R but on test it easily exceeded those and would push 200w peak into 2R. Meaty PSU with 10k Elna caps and fully complimentary output stage with four devices per side. Two front switched TT inputs is nice.

I picked this one up last week for £30, boxed and mint save for some dust and blown lamps. Fresh lamps, reset bias and meter calibration and it sings nicely into the Quads - doesn't mind the load at all.

These date from 1979 into 1981 which was probably the last period before the Japanese were forced to cost cut heavily at every price post because of the economic conditions.



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Nice!

Are you ready to sell any of the amps in your collection? A friend's after one.

 

My journey began in the mid 70s with a Bryan 15wpc integrated, followed by a Rotel RA314 25 wpc integrated from '78 or '79...

Happy days.

Pete

 

I 'upgraded' from my Quad 2/22 collection to a JVC JAS/11 before going to uni. Funny thing is I still have all of the Quads and the JVC, and they all work perfectly without any tinkering. My son uses the JVC in his room and excepting the bass control it is very respectable. The Quads could use a new set of EF86's, but heck, I don't grudge them that. They don't make 'em like they used to!