Amstrad to return!

[walpurgis]

Is it a spectre creeping from the crypt? :eek:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/amstrad-back-after-lord-sugar-32265353

https://www.itv.com/news/2024-03-03/lord-alan-sugar-revives-amstrad-brand-with-new-marketing-agency-led-by-grandson

[Pigmy Pony]

Coming up "Page not found" for me.

I don't watch "The Apprentice", but from the bits I've seen maybe it's just a project he's given his hopefuls.They certainly will have some serious competition, from the likes of GPO, Steepletone and Crossley.

This is the kind of thing they'd be up against, the "Brooklyn" boombox from GPO. They were all over the place at yesterday's car boot, didn't ask how much, but Amazon are flogging them for about £450.

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/719x9mJ7QrL._AC_CR0%2C0%2C0%2C0_SX480_SY360_.jpg

[vinylmagic]

Wouldn't touch anything that odious, obnoxious bully has his fingers in

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[Pigmy Pony]

Wouldn't touch anything that odious, obnoxious bully has his fingers in

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Bit harsh. Just because he has a face like a car tyre with plenty of tread still on it.

[Pigmy Pony]

I remember my sister getting an Amstrad 'stack' system back in the 80s. She thought it was the dog's danglies. "What, your stereo only plays records? Mine also copies and plays cassettes, and has a radio too" Six months later and one half of the twin tape had packed up and what was left played intermittently through one channel. Two years later it was gone and she was back to her Sega Megadrive and Sonic the Hedgehog.

[Macca]

Relax, they aren't bringing out any hi-fi. Going to be a digital media service - an advertising company in the old money.

Shame really I was hoping for a 21st century take on the 'Mug's Eyeful.'

[Pigmy Pony]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vytautas.me%2Famstrad-hifi-k.html&psig=AOvVaw0Uf4PYKBYNqsM9oUag7utA&ust=1709672300757000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBMQjRxqFwoTCLi6n-O_24QDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAm

[Pigmy Pony]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.snellingsmuseum.co.uk%2Farte fact%2Faudio%2Famstrad-ts-33&psig=AOvVaw0Uf4PYKBYNqsM9oUag7utA&ust=1709672300757000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBMQjRxqFwoTCLi6n-O_24QDFQAAAAAdAAAAABBD

Mug's eyeful? Never heard that one before, I like that :)

Tried to get an image up, but unfortunately my Amstrad laptop isn't havin' it

[Macca]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.snellingsmuseum.co.uk%2Farte fact%2Faudio%2Famstrad-ts-33&psig=AOvVaw0Uf4PYKBYNqsM9oUag7utA&ust=1709672300757000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBMQjRxqFwoTCLi6n-O_24QDFQAAAAAdAAAAABBD

Mug's eyeful? Never heard that one before, I like that :)



That's what Sugar himself calls the TS33, in his autobiography.

He reckons - and he may be correct - that he invented the concept of the all in one music centre that looks like a stack of separate components.

A TS33 yesterday:

https://i.ibb.co/VVTCPwV/amstrad.jpg (https://ibb.co/tBD2WLB)

[Barry]

Another good example is the Amstrad Studio 100.

https://images.app.goo.gl/Y9QvzdepLpCYQuzx9

[Macca]

Another good example is the Amstrad Studio 100.

A mate of mine had one of those. He lives in Mexico now. although not as a consequence.

We did make some recordings with it and it did work but it felt like it would come apart in your hands.

[Ali Tait]

Saw this on the Bay, new to me-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325945643146?itmmeta=01HR622TVR6RXXHKP9SXVBHKZT&hash=item4be3dfd08a:g:bW8AAOSwhyBk4a~9&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8J2SzzGPHNn86UgZbcHYoggE0S1SA Txy1sqB6NdLN7EIloA9lyICVdPLapFebPyabDtEEH6aBS%2FsH Cog5%2FAmd5lzvbW3JPUNec5ZzFa4qZLIaQUNXBWMO1sW7JKKk CbQ3OLWp0du5BNL6cEb109QVBBs3FoHqlRHITU30Vj2hnctX9Z o6ZDYBAC6tHEreaUwW0cRlvx%2BP1LNbYUobuWgVfxpkPml2XA 7YrtYYZn37iQsRxc6yQnU1vrq7TMuivCZpp8tMOk9%2FnjMhgh PR9S5EwPFyY7MQT%2FjAwI2BBojPAqYVU7PEFBrwWX66NqiN0u 3Qw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM_q2LwsFj

[Pigmy Pony]

Saw this on the Bay, new to me-

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325945643146?itmmeta=01HR622TVR6RXXHKP9SXVBHKZT&hash=item4be3dfd08a:g:bW8AAOSwhyBk4a~9&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8J2SzzGPHNn86UgZbcHYoggE0S1SA Txy1sqB6NdLN7EIloA9lyICVdPLapFebPyabDtEEH6aBS%2FsH Cog5%2FAmd5lzvbW3JPUNec5ZzFa4qZLIaQUNXBWMO1sW7JKKk CbQ3OLWp0du5BNL6cEb109QVBBs3FoHqlRHITU30Vj2hnctX9Z o6ZDYBAC6tHEreaUwW0cRlvx%2BP1LNbYUobuWgVfxpkPml2XA 7YrtYYZn37iQsRxc6yQnU1vrq7TMuivCZpp8tMOk9%2FnjMhgh PR9S5EwPFyY7MQT%2FjAwI2BBojPAqYVU7PEFBrwWX66NqiN0u 3Qw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBM_q2LwsFj

Well all the knobs seem to be there, so that's something.

[Pete The Cat]

You forget that it was common for manufacturers to have graph decals on equipment. I wonder how many Amstrad owners studied these frequency performance curves? :lol:

Pete

[The Black Adder]

You forget that it was common for manufacturers to have graph decals on equipment. I wonder how many Amstrad owners studied these frequency performance curves? :lol:

Pete

So long as it looked futuristic, I think the desgners used Crayons. The decals were never to be trusted on anything silver.

I must admit, I only got given Amstrad stuff and it was always half bust, I never bought anything from them. Binatone, Ingersoll, Pro-Line, Matsui, Morphy Richards and Crown seemed better made.

[Pigmy Pony]

You forget that it was common for manufacturers to have graph decals on equipment. I wonder how many Amstrad owners studied these frequency performance curves? :lol:

Pete

And I wonder how many thought they could alter the frequency response by drawing over those curves with a felt pen?

[Gazjam]

Had one of these back in the day, hooked up to Solavox speakers.
Still remember the switch crackle through teh speakers turning the loudness on.

Suger was damn good at the percieved value thing.

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/eLkAAOSwGtBhmsLh/s-l1600.jpg

[Barry]

Regardless of sound quality, the looks and styling of it are good. Only by close inspection can the 'fit and finish' be determined.

My father had a cheap Teleton integrated amp (SAQ-206B), which was well screwed together and looked good in a '70s sort of way.

[Pigmy Pony]

Regardless of sound quality, the looks and styling of it are good. Only by close inspection can the 'fit and finish' be determined.

My father had a cheap Teleton integrated amp (SAQ-206B), which was well screwed together and looked good in a '70s sort of way.

Amstrad probably bought a shedload of fascias from one of the big Jap manufacturers' outgoing models and stuck it to the front of a tin box full of crap bits. At a glance it looks proper, the only dodgy bit is the Amstrad logo on the back of the perspex in Letraset ;)

[Techno Commander]

That's what Sugar himself calls the TS33, in his autobiography.

He reckons - and he may be correct - that he invented the concept of the all in one music centre that looks like a stack of separate components.

A TS33 yesterday:

https://i.ibb.co/VVTCPwV/amstrad.jpg (https://ibb.co/tBD2WLB)

OK until you look in the back.

https://www.radiomuseum.org/images/radio/amstrad_london/hi_fi_tower_system_2012680.jpg