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spendorman
10-07-2010, 16:34
Will anyone admit to having say a Teleton amplifier, or any other Teleton equipment?

Rare Bird
10-07-2010, 16:37
Yes ;)

Marco
10-07-2010, 17:26
Sorry, Tele who? :confused:

Marco.

spendorman
10-07-2010, 17:32
Sorry, Tele who? :confused:

Marco.

Well, I was expecting that some would say that it was 70's cheap end rubbish. The little known fact was that it was made by Mitsubishi and generally pretty good. The SAQ206B amp was a favourite, good sounding and reliable. Mine may be 39 years old, still sounding better than a lot of amps regardless of price. I think I paid just over £20 new.

Steve Toy
10-07-2010, 17:32
Tellytubby amps or something.

Rare Bird
10-07-2010, 17:35
typic aos bollox steve

spendorman
10-07-2010, 17:42
Budget student systems in the early 70's very often included a Teleton SAQ206B, unfortunately, the rest of the system did not usually do justice to the quality of the amp.

In the early 70's I remember using one of these amps with 12" Tannoy Silver DC's. It was really good, better than many other amps, including Sugden A21 (class A), later Sugden A48 etc etc.

Steve Toy
10-07-2010, 17:44
Eh?

spendorman
10-07-2010, 17:46
Eh?

Yes!

In actual fact, my A21 was badged Richard Allan, early ones were.

http://www.audiomisc.co.uk/JES/RA/RAamps.html

BlueMax
10-07-2010, 17:50
I had a Teleton tumer-amp. A top of the range model. Looked real quality with its brushed aluminium front and plenty of knobs.
Power ouput, THD, frequency response, tuner sensitivity and the rest of the spec was higher than the norm for them days.
They were not bad at all but after few months I got Goodmans Maxamp 30, matching tuner and Maxim speakers; perfect for my student bedsit.

spendorman
10-07-2010, 17:56
yes! I had a Teleton Receiver. looked real quality with its brushed aluminium front and plenty of knobs. Specified power out was higher than the norm for them days.
They were not bad at all but after few months I got Goodmans Maxamp 30 and matching tuner.


Yes, that was typical of Teleton, output power was a fair bit more than their spec. indicated. A 70's Hi Fi mag tested several budget amps including the Teleton GA202. It came out very well on all accounts and power was much more than stated.

Marco
10-07-2010, 17:57
Hi Paul,


Well, I was expecting that some would say that it was 70's cheap end rubbish. The little known fact was that it was made by Mitsubishi and generally pretty good. The SAQ206B amp was a favourite, good sounding and reliable. Mine may be 39 years old, still sounding better than a lot of amps regardless of price. I think I paid just over £20 new.


Budget student systems in the early 70's very often included a Teleton SAQ206B, unfortunately, the rest of the system did not usually do justice to the quality of the amp.

In the early 70's I remember using one of these amps with 12" Tannoy Silver DC's. It was really good, better than many other amps, including Sugden A21 (class A), later Sugden A48 etc etc.


Thanks for the info. There's not much point kidding on you know about something when you don't! :)

Interesting... As people should know by now, I love good vintage gear, but have never come across Teleton before. Unfortunately it's before my (hi-fi) time, but it sounds like good gear. Respect for using 12" Monitor Silvers all those year ago :youtheman:

Marco.

Steve Toy
10-07-2010, 18:06
Sorry Paul, I was responding to Andre.

Rare Bird
10-07-2010, 18:09
Which was a responce to the Tellytubby amps or something remark.

spendorman
10-07-2010, 18:10
Albany House and Solarvox amps were also made by Mitsubishi, often near identical to the Teleton branded amps. Solarvox was marketed by Comet.

BlueMax
10-07-2010, 18:29
my Arcam FMJ boxes looks cheap compared to Teleton, Nikki, Akai and others of yester years. Cost cutting I guess but why on pride and joy items for the living room?

Marco
10-07-2010, 18:47
Anyone got any pics of some Teleton amps? :)

Marco.

spendorman
10-07-2010, 18:52
GA 202, not the prettiest

http://images2.hiboox.com/images/4108/b7fd65312064125e3fcc16898bf38748.jpg

Barry
10-07-2010, 18:54
My father had a Teleton SAQ-206B amplifier

http://www.timstinchcombe.co.uk/synth/vum/saq206b.jpg

(sorry about the image quality, it was the best I could find)

It powered a pair of Wharfdale Super 8RS/DD speakers in ~1.5cu ft distributed port speakers and was fed by a Garrard SP25 25 Mk.2 fitted with AT-66 cartridge.

A nice enough sounding amp and excellent value for money, but better than the Sugden A21? Surely not.

Regards

spendorman
10-07-2010, 18:55
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.timstinchcombe.co.uk/synth/vum/saq206b.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.timstinchcombe.co.uk/synth/vum/vum.html&usg=__tp2RG8XIHyYP84IiQ7XzeKT8CW0=&h=418&w=590&sz=64&hl=en&start=1&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=o-MIGgEnrRAGzM:&tbnh=96&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3DTeleton%2Bsaq206b%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den% 26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1

This guy rates the 206B

Techno Commander
10-07-2010, 18:55
Found this.

http://images.gittigidiyor.com/2270/TELETON-STEREO-AMPLIFIER-ve-TUNER-2-PARCA__22709224_1.jpg

Looks quite nice actually.

Here is a thread about Teleton on a German Forum (http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hifi-forum.de%2Fviewthread-84-12395-1.html&sl=de&tl=en)

spendorman
10-07-2010, 18:57
http://images.gittigidiyor.com/2270/TELETON-STEREO-AMPLIFIER-ve-TUNER-2-PARCA__22709224_2.jpg

Tatty amp and GT 202 tuner

Techno Commander
10-07-2010, 19:01
Guess we both found the same source. :)

Barry
10-07-2010, 19:02
Paul,

Yes I know, and so do I: it was a nice little budget amp that sounded a lot better than one would expect from price and provenance.

I just don't think it was better than the Sugden A21. I had the use of both of them, so am not just saying this without experience.

Regards

PS In searching on Google for this amp, I came across a site where someone ran a pair of Quad 57s with a Teleton SAQ206B! Amazing.

spendorman
10-07-2010, 19:10
Paul,



PS In searching on Google for this amp, I came across a site where someone ran a pair of Quad 57s with a Teleton SAQ206B! Amazing.

I Did!

DSJR
10-07-2010, 19:17
Will anyone admit to having say a Teleton amplifier, or any other Teleton equipment?

My mate's first HiFi - Garrard SP25 III/G800H, Teleton GA202 and Audiomaster speakers with twin-cone drivers. great playing Sparks in the 6th Form Common Room.

His next system? Techie SL-120/SME II fixed shell/XLMII or V15III, Radford ZD22 pre/Crown D-60 and Spendor BC2's given to him by his Dad.

I know the speakers rather well :eyebrows: and also have his Dads Crowns..... :)

Barry
10-07-2010, 19:18
I Did!

Oh was it you? Goes to show what a good (stable) design the SAQ-206B was.

Still don't believe it was better than the Sugden class A designs though.

Regards

Rare Bird
10-07-2010, 19:19
Oh was it you? Goes to show what a good (stable) design the SAQ-206B was.

Still don't believe it was better than the Sugden class A designs though.

Regards

Barry
I never like the 'A21' either.I don't like Class 'A' probably why i'm not a fan of the Quad 405

DSJR
10-07-2010, 19:39
The old 405 suffers a bit of crossover distortion, so I suspect the class A driver stage wasn't quite everything Quad needed it to be. The mk2 was much better and the amp doesn't sound thick and squishy as Sugden make some of their amps to be.

Barry
10-07-2010, 20:06
The old 405 suffers a bit of crossover distortion, so I suspect the class A driver stage wasn't quite everything Quad needed it to be. The mk2 was much better and the amp doesn't sound thick and squishy as Sugden make some of their amps to be.

My Sugden C51/A21 combination (no, that's not a misprint of A51 - long story) never sounded "thick and squishy". Neither did the C51/A51 combination.

I just like class A, rather than AB1, AB2, or any other biasing arrangement for push-pull.

Regards

DSJR
10-07-2010, 20:09
I said MAKE, as in many of their current models, made to sound softer in tone...

KJ first took on Sugden right at the end of the old style C/P51 and, IIRC the old style A21/A48?'s reign and I also owned a 1970's A21 for five minutes a few years ago (all DIN and I had no real use for it). These weren't soft and squishy I fully agree..

Barry
10-07-2010, 20:24
Thought you might have meant the C51/P51 combination. ;)

Apologies for any misunderstanding - that's twice today. Blame the heat: the last three or four days here have been hot and humid - and I'm not coping with it at all well. :(

Regards

spendorman
10-07-2010, 20:33
Oh was it you? Goes to show what a good (stable) design the SAQ-206B was.

Still don't believe it was better than the Sugden class A designs though.

Regards

I have to admit, using the Teleton SAQ206B with the Quad ESL57's was a bit of an experiment. I did not push the amp to it's full output as the 57 is a wickedly low impedance at high frequencies.

I still believe that my 206B sounded better than my early A21 (Richard Allan). As Andr'e knows, I don't sell much of my many pieces of Hi Fi. The A21 and A48 had to go, not that they were very bad, just that I had and still have many amps that I prefer.

After decades the Teleton SAQ206B is still here, so is Radford STA25 III, Quad 303's, Quad II's Quad 405-2, Rogers Master, Williamson, etc. etc. Much worse than the A21 and A48 was the Rogers Ravensbourne. That was one of the few that had to go. I did not like it at all.

Marco
10-07-2010, 20:41
The old 405 suffers a bit of crossover distortion, so I suspect the class A driver stage wasn't quite everything Quad needed it to be. The mk2 was much better and the amp doesn't sound thick and squishy as Sugden make some of their amps to be.

Modern Sugden amps sound far from thick and squishy - quite the opposite, in fact! :)

I rather liked the A21 (with the shiny silver fascia and black knobs) before the one that's out now.

Do you know the one I mean?

Marco.

Barry
10-07-2010, 21:01
I have to admit, using the Teleton SAQ206B with the Quad ESL57's was a bit of an experiment. I did not push the amp to it's full output as the 57 is a wickedly low impedance at high frequencies.

I still believe that my 206B sounded better than my early A21 (Richard Allan). As Andr'e knows, I don't sell much of my many pieces of Hi Fi. The A21 and A48 had to go, not that they were very bad, just that I had and still have many amps that I prefer.

After decades the Teleton SAQ206B is still here, so is Radford STA25 III, Quad 303's, Quad II's Quad 405-2, Rogers Master, Williamson, etc. etc. Much worse than the A21 and A48 was the Rogers Ravensbourne. That was one of the few that had to go. I did not like it at all.

:respect:

The Rogers Master amp and preamp. You are the only person I know who has one. Dare I ask how it compares with the Radford STA25 III - or the Williamson for that matter?

Regards

spendorman
10-07-2010, 21:08
Talking power amps, the Rogers Master is very like the Radford STA25 III in sound quality (very very good). Not surprising, The transformers in the Rogers Master were made for Rogers by Radford.

The Master pre amp is very good, but very complicated.

Possibly the best sound of all the amps that I have heard comes from the Williamson. Unfortunate that, because it's mono of course. I believe it was made in the early days of Rogers at Barmeston Road by my uncle who was a great friend of Jim Rogers.

Rare Bird
10-07-2010, 21:09
Modern Sugden amps sound far from thick and squishy - quite the opposite, in fact! :)

I rather liked the A21 (with the shiny silver fascia and black knobs) before the one that's out now.

Do you know the one I mean?

Marco.

Yes A21a :nocomment:

spendorman
10-07-2010, 21:14
:respect:

The Rogers Master amp and preamp. You are the only person I know who has one. Dare I ask how it compares with the Radford STA25 III - or the Williamson for that matter?

Regards

I am surprised that anyone else knows of the Rogers Master!!!

Marco
10-07-2010, 21:21
Yes A21a :nocomment:

Like this, although I preferred the silver fascia version (I thought it was a fine sounding amp - and they're made in Yorkshire, too!):


http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/8343/275100781.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/275100781.jpg/)


Lol - you obviously don't rate it, dude, which is fine. I like Class A done well, as for me it's the closest solid-state gets to sounding like a good valve amp... :)

One of the best modern solid-state amps I've heard was this Class A monster from Usher:

http://hifi-unlimited.blogspot.com/2010/04/usher-reference-25s-power-amp.html

That was a very impressive beast! :eek:

Marco.

Rare Bird
10-07-2010, 22:53
:respect:

The Rogers Master amp and preamp. You are the only person I know who has one. Dare I ask how it compares with the Radford STA25 III - or the Williamson for that matter?

Regards

& here it is post 330

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?p=136483#post136483

DSJR
11-07-2010, 10:45
Marco, it seems that Sugden have had a few model changes in the last fifteen years or so. HiFi dave has bought in a current A21 and loves it to bits, although he claims the other models are a bit softer-toned.

The A21 I knew well, as it was a loan amp for a few years, actually sounded a bit brightly lit and slightly messy. I happily admit not to looking inside, as various bits may have needed replacing and the thing properly set up.

While we're on UK made amps of substance (and I don't mean recycled 1950's PA amps), the current Rega Elicit should be considered too..

Barry
11-07-2010, 16:34
I am surprised that anyone else knows of the Rogers Master!!!

I've known about it for a long time; this advert was taken from the July 1966 edition of Hi-Fi News (before it became Hi-Fi News and Record Review).

http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/yy88/barrydhunt/IMG-1.jpg

I hadn't realised the output transformers were made for Rogers by Radford. Looking at the interior shots provided by André, (http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?p=136483#post136483) it would appear that there are similarities with the Radford STA 25. These being the use of solid state rectification and capacitor-choke smoothing. The Rogers appears to have, at least, separate smoothing circuits for each channel, with perhaps individual channel power supplies going back to separate secondary windings on the mains transformer.

Of course the main difference, and one which I believe gives the Radford designs the edge, is the use of an ECF82 triode-pentode in place of the usual ECC83 phase splitter (or in Rogers case, the ECC82).

Regards

Marco
11-07-2010, 16:49
Why didn't you fill in the coupon, Barry, and get one for £50? :flasher:

Marco.

spendorman
11-07-2010, 16:52
This mentions the Radford made transformers for the Rogers Master Power Amp:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41679262@N02/4783622260/sizes/l/

Barry
11-07-2010, 17:03
Why didn't you fill in the coupon, Barry, and get one for £50? :flasher:

Marco.

I was only 16 in 1966 and £50 was for me a fortune! :( However if I had had that sort of money, I would have gone for a Radford; they were made in Bristol, my home town. :)

Regards

spendorman
11-07-2010, 17:05
I have PDF's of test of Rogers Master amp. any easy way of displaying them on AOS?

spendorman
11-07-2010, 17:07
I was only 16 in 1966 and £50 was for me a fortune! :( However if I had had that sort of money, I would have gone for a Radford; they were made in Bristol, my home town. :)

Regards

Ah! almost the same age as me! Born the same year.

Marco
11-07-2010, 17:07
I was only 16 in 1966 and £50 was for me a fortune! However if I had had that sort of money, I would have gone for a Radford; they were made in Bristol, my home town.


Lol - I meant filling it in now and seeing what happened! :birthday:

Btw, any idea what Shure cartridge that is in the accompanying advert? I don't recognise it.

Marco.

The Grand Wazoo
11-07-2010, 17:15
Lol - I meant filling it in now and seeing what happened!

No, that doesn't work. I tried filling this in last month - I'm still waiting for my tickets!


http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/228/woodstock.jpg (http://img718.imageshack.us/i/woodstock.jpg/)

Rare Bird
11-07-2010, 17:20
Btw, any idea what Shure cartridge that is in the accompanying advert? I don't recognise it.

Marco.

Looks like 'M44'

Marco
11-07-2010, 17:29
No, that doesn't work. I tried filling this in last month - I'm still waiting for my tickets!


http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/228/woodstock.jpg (http://img718.imageshack.us/i/woodstock.jpg/)

:lolsign:

Marco.

Barry
11-07-2010, 17:31
It's an M55E. There is an advert for the SME 3009 II arm in the same magazine. It too shows the M55E fitted to the arm. In fact it was SME's endorsement of the M55E that caused me to replace the M3D with one - I still have an example.

Regards

Rare Bird
11-07-2010, 17:33
It's an M55E. There is an advert for the SME 3009 II arm in the same magazine. It too shows the M55E fitted to the arm. In fact it was SME's endorsement of the M55E that caused me to replace the M3D with one - I still have an example.

Regards

o well i was one out. the M44 was popular

Marco
11-07-2010, 17:36
It's an M55E. There is an advert for the SME 3009 II arm in the same magazine. It too shows the M55E fitted to the arm. In fact it was SME's endorsement of the M55E that caused me to replace the M3D with one - I still have an example.


Next time you visit, Barry, bring it with you. I'd like to hear it :)

Marco.

Barry
11-07-2010, 17:48
Next time you visit, Barry, bring it with you. I'd like to hear it :)

Marco.

Okay dokes - will do. We could have a bake off: Shure SC35, Shure M3D and M55E. :) I don't think Dave (DSJR) is particularly enamoured with the M55E though. Must admit I haven't used it for a very long time.

Which reminds me, whilst you are listening to my Decca, I'll revisit some of my fixed coil cartridges: ADC10E IV; ADC 25; ADC26 (the last two are identical, but I can try a conical tip in one and an elliptical tip in the second) and a B&O SP-6, oh and my second Decca (with a conical tip).

Regards

spendorman
11-07-2010, 18:00
I have PDF's of test of Rogers Master amp. any easy way of displaying them on AOS?

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B2oWzw3IqVhlOTQ3NzNiMTctNWU4Yy00NDNiL Tg4MTEtZDJjMzliODQxZjlm&authkey=CNOB57EL&hl=en

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B2oWzw3IqVhlODdiOGRjOTUtOTdmZS00MDNkL ThiZjItY2NkNmY5NmRlNzY4&authkey=CPLvjsgE&hl=en

Marco
11-07-2010, 18:37
Okay dokes - will do. We could have a bake off: Shure SC35, Shure M3D and M55E. :) I don't think Dave (DSJR) is particularly enamoured with the M55E though. Must admit I haven't used it for a very long time.


Sounds good to me, dude! Don't worry about Davey-boy, it won't be the first time he's got it wrong about a cartridge! ;)

Marco.

DSJR
11-07-2010, 21:36
I have an M55E and I believe it's based on the original V15mk1, but i could be wrong.

The M55E has a MASSIVE 15KHz peak, which only makes it work with very understanding phono stages. I also have a "thing" about deep suckouts in the treble region, something you seem less sensitive to Marco ;)

Just try an M75-EJ - it's great:)

Marco
11-07-2010, 21:49
Hi Dave,


I also have a "thing" about deep suckouts in the treble region, something you seem less sensitive to Marco...


Maybe if I used (or had used) equipment which suffered from that effect, I'd be more sensitive to it! ;)

Incidentally, I had an M75EJ, and rated it as a decent cartridge, but it doesn't have anything like the magic of an M3D, set-up and partnered properly, which is why the latter, and not the former, has almost legendary status amongst discerning audiophiles, particularly in Japan.

Marco.

P.S I've replied to your earlier post in the recent 'Hello' thread in the Welcome area. You may wish to read it :)

spendorman
11-07-2010, 21:54
M75ED I rate, some of the Philips GP range are very good. I strongly suspect that they were made by Shure

spendorman
12-07-2010, 15:26
As mentioned, the Albany House 208 is very similar to the Teleton SAQ206B, both made by Mitsubishi. Some cosmetic differences and this has Quadrosound option.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41679262@N02/4786360767/sizes/l/

I am going to connect this and into the system shortly. It will be replacing a Luxman L-200. Which is a very nice sounding amp, not too dissimilar to the Radford STA25 III.

The L-200 was a bargain of e bay, very cheap.

I nearly forgot to mention, the system I'm referring to is in the 'Office' (front room of the house) and was just PC with an old but good SB sound card, into Luxman L200 into clone LS3/5a (home built) these beat my genuine Chartwell LS3/5a's, I think mainly because the cabinet is very slightly larger and more rigid.

spendorman
12-07-2010, 21:12
Well, the Albany House AM208 (similar to Teleton SAQ206B) is on now. I have no complaints, it is very good. Even after all those years the controls all work smoothly with no crackles.

spendorman
14-08-2010, 17:46
Teleton GA 202 on test

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4890901317_b983270355_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4891513618_6eb32d3721_b.jpg

SPS
14-08-2010, 19:29
In the early 70's my old man bought a teleton radio cassette player.. sort of a big portable radio.. it had a couple of i would guess 6" speakers at either end.

it had a very bright and detailed sound and went very loud .. i believe it was only a few watts..

i have good memorys of it..

cheers
steve

DSJR
14-08-2010, 22:41
Have I mentioned this system before? - SP25/G800H, Teleton 202 and Audiomaster twin cone thingies (I remembered their name but it's gone again).

I'm only mentioning this again because I've been playing my LP of Aladdin Sane which I first heard properly on the above stereo and the owner of the system, this same school mate, was later given a certain pair of Spendor BC2's by his Dad and used a Radford ZD22 preamp with a Crown D-60 to drive them - oh, and an SL120 (replaced with a TD160 Super) with SME. In a week or two I'll have the set...................

pentode10
27-08-2010, 14:22
My Grandfather's system in the seventies comprised of a BSR HT70 turntable with Shure M55E cart. Teleton reciever and a pair of Decca floor stander speakers. The Teleton reciever was in a slimline teak case with brushed alli facia and spun knobs with the green tuner disply over. Can't remember the model No. Allways sounded good though. Better than my Dansette Bermuder at the time and it was pink!!

Andy.

spendorman
27-08-2010, 15:03
My Grandfather's system in the seventies comprised of a BSR HT70 turntable with Shure M55E cart. Teleton reciever and a pair of Decca floor stander speakers. The Teleton reciever was in a slimline teak case with brushed alli facia and spun knobs with the green tuner disply over. Can't remember the model No. Allways sounded good though. Better than my Dansette Bermuder at the time and it was pink!!

Andy.

Could have been Decca Deram speakers, had EMI 13" x8" elliptical.

newman2005
04-09-2010, 13:43
can anyone help
i have just inherited a SAQ-206 not the SAQ 206b everyone talks of?

most confused

Solid state stereo Hi Fi Amplifier on it?

should i be proud/happy/sad/ excitiied etc?

much obliged all experts who read, and help me!

newman_2005@hotmail.co.uk

spendorman
04-09-2010, 14:20
I think, pretty sure, that the B stands for black, as in black front panel, there was also a silver front version. Yours may be that. Can we see a picture?

Provided it's in good condition (one has to remember that these amps are likely to have been made in the early 70's), sound is pretty good, unless you are driving very inefficient speakers.

I believe that it was rated at 6W RMS per channel, but actually gives a fair bit more than that.

DSJR
04-09-2010, 17:25
Those EMI 13 x 8 drivers were well liked I understand and performed very well for the era.

I wonder if the GA202 could fairly compare with modern £300-£500 integrateds, power differences notwithstanding?

spendorman
04-09-2010, 17:46
Those EMI 13 x 8 drivers were well liked I understand and performed very well for the era.

I wonder if the GA202 could fairly compare with modern £300-£500 integrateds, power differences notwithstanding?

There were many versions of the EMI 13"x8", ranging from a very cheap one with a very small magnet, a paper light cone and whizzer cone, which was pretty efficient and sounded OK, to the one used by B&W in the DM3, which had a massive magnet and composite cone (aluminium centre and the rest composite of fibreglass and paper).

I would say that they still perform well today, a pair of DM3's in good condition still sound very good to me.

Recently, there was on ebay a Teleton GA202 that could have been had for £10. I was tempted, but have far too much stuff already.

Marco
04-09-2010, 22:01
can anyone help
i have just inherited a SAQ-206 not the SAQ 206b everyone talks of?

most confused

Solid state stereo Hi Fi Amplifier on it?

should i be proud/happy/sad/ excitiied etc?

much obliged all experts who read, and help me!

newman_2005@hotmail.co.uk


Hi 'newman2005',

Welcome to AOS :)

Could you please pop into the Welcome area and introduce yourself to our community by supplying your first name, basic geographical location, system details and music tastes, as this is the requirement for all new members joining AOS.

Cheers! :cool:

Marco.

DSJR
05-09-2010, 09:36
Teleton GA 202 on test

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4890901317_b983270355_b.jpg

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4891513618_6eb32d3721_b.jpg

Any chance of summat from the Sinclair amp? I believe this basic circuit lives on in products by a certain Salisbury based company...

spendorman
05-09-2010, 09:59
Any chance of summat from the Sinclair amp? I believe this basic circuit lives on in products by a certain Salisbury based company...

Yes. will look up that magazine again, may not be immediately, have to find it again. Unfortunately, things are not very organised here (that could be rather an understatement).

hifi_dave
05-09-2010, 10:08
Any chance of summat from the Sinclair amp? I believe this basic circuit lives on in products by a certain Salisbury based company...

I wouldn't read too much into it as many amps are modelled on the same basic circuits. They differ in component choice, power supplies etc.

As I recall, the Sinclair amps weren't around for long because of 'reliability' issues.

spendorman
05-09-2010, 10:45
I wouldn't read too much into it as many amps are modelled on the same basic circuits. They differ in component choice, power supplies etc.

As I recall, the Sinclair amps weren't around for long because of 'reliability' issues.

Not found the magazine as yet, but probably will. However I seem to remember that the Sinclair failed during the test

spendorman
05-09-2010, 13:33
When I was in hall at university, there were quite a few people that used these.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4131/4959626055_96ec3f997f_b.jpg

DSJR
05-09-2010, 17:07
That basic Sinclair styling is still good IMO...

spendorman
05-09-2010, 17:13
That basic Sinclair styling is still good IMO...

Agreed.

I always liked the simple look. The Neoteric is a classic. Never owned one, think as usual, Sinclair crammed too much in a small space.

http://www.iainsinclair.com/past/03.html

I have in front of me a Sinclair Super IC-12 that I built many years ago.

spendorman
10-09-2010, 15:09
The Teleton SAQ206B

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140450579548&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123

I have no connection with the sale.

dantheman91
29-09-2017, 14:24
The Teleton SAQ 206B is in the main system at present...

walpurgis
29-09-2017, 14:28
The Teleton SAQ 206B is in the main system at present...

Good little amp, as was the SAQ-307. The slightly more powerful GA-202 sounded very nice.

spendorman
29-09-2017, 15:44
Never really complained about the sound of the SAQ206B, still have one.. Probably mentioned before somewhere, that amp and a lot of other Teleton stuff was made by Mitsubishi.

I bought the Teleton STC 106 stereo cassette deck, probably around 1970, was still working fine when I gave it to a friend about 10 years ago.