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    20W SECA KIT




    Claymore and FMT



    Kit PCB's



    Gold and Nickel Claymore's



    SECA



    Block wiring for SECA



    SECA in mini PC chassis Mono







    Drain Source exchange PCB's



    TQ workshop





    Hi-fi Predators



    Inca Tech days







    Flying SECA 20W



    Paul Quick a gifted builder made these from my designs.



    Sam building a stereo SECA in a PC chassis





    Old and early Inca Tech kit







    Alan Brown's SECA using IGBT monsters



    A tribute to my friend Malcolm who has not been well for a while.



    The OAC 4 channel amp based on the Quatra




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    One of a few patents I have had.



    Dave Rosam 10W SECA amp I made on vero board.




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    Did you just design the one speaker for Studio Power, Colin? I used to have the MC2000. Probe Records in Liverpool also had a pair, slung from the ceiling on chains. Can't recall which model they were now, long time ago.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    Hi Martin,

    The others were based on my designs, and as Russel K speaker company owner is the same man as the SD speakers I suspect little has changed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Colin Wonfor View Post
    Hi Martin,

    The others were based on my designs, and as Russel K speaker company owner is the same man as the SD speakers I suspect little has changed.
    That's interesting, did not realise there was a connection with Russel K speakers.
    Current Lash Up:

    TEAC VRDS 701T > Sony TAE1000ESD > Krell KSA50S > JM Labs Focal Electra 926.

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    I count myself as very lucky to own two tq claymores. The black top and another, they are both excellent amps the black top breathed on by Colin.

    Im going to partner them up with EWA power amps.

    Have yet to try anything better to my ears both on cans and a variety of speakers.

    Colin makes some really great hi fi IMHO.

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    Thank you I liked my Black Top Claymore but could not face keeping it left a soar taste after the last company.

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    Fantastic history. This should be in a book.
    Buy Bose...And get your parking validated!.

    https://youtu.be/ZCBe7-6rw4M

    No Highs...No Lows....It Must Be Bose!

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    Default A Magnum set made for Etude and hand made by me.

    A Magnum set made for Etude and hand made by me.










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    This weekend I was asked to update a Claymore. Unfortunately this Claymore is a copy made by Bensley Electronics, and somehow they are using a rip of Claymore 2 circuit board.
    If you are offered one of these beware it is not made by me.





    Just to add to the story,

    My wife Jenny and I was married just 2 weeks and were coming back from Honeymoon we had a great time in Lynmouth Devon. (it still hold a special place in my heart).
    On the way back she crashed the car on the M5 she was killed. Me I had burns and few broken bones.
    The few month after shitty event I was still in shock and to be honest I had no clue what the hell I was doing.And often drunk and I fell of a balcony into our garden in at Leigh On Sea, breaking me arm again.
    In that period I had designed lots of things according to my records.
    One was a new Claymore the artwork for the tracking was drawn by a sub contractor and I forgot all about it. It seems this contractor passed the PCB layout to Bensley, but the art work text was not changed.
    Near the reservoir capacitors in small writing on the silk screen it says " Design by C.J.Wonfor for Jenny" and the date is the date she died 20th May 1990.

    So in a funny way these amps are special. Even if I never made them they are special because they memorialise Jenny.


    Here is Jenny with Scot and Penny my kids just a few day before she died,



    Well the beast work nicely

    Mark Gerrish "As the owner of said amp I'd like to thank Colin very much for repairing her and adding his magic to it sounds lush thank you Col"

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