Jimbos Audio ramblings

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Originally Posted by Barry

Wow - that's quite a list! I expect that might be because you worked in an audio dealer's shop.

My amplifier history is somewhat shorter in manufacturer's names but do show a loyal Quad following . In rough chronological order they are:

Mullard 5-10
Quad 22 + 2 x Quad II
Sugden C51 + A51
Quad 33/303
Quad 44/405 Mk.I (modified)
Quad 44/405 Mk.II
Quad 520
Radford STA15 Mk.III
Quad 510 monoblocks
Mark Levinson ML-2 monoblocks
Quad 50E monblocks
Quad 303K
Cambridge P50 integrated amp
Quad 405, monoblocked and upgraded to Keith Snook level 3, and with improved power supplies

and finally a

Crown (Amcron) D50.

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A Quad fanboy :lol: I bought Quad because I remember a trip to the BBC studio at Pebble Mill in Birmingham and they were using them there so I though if its good enough for the BBC they would be good enough for me. I also got a good discount at the dealers I worked for!:)

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

A Quad fanboy :lol: I bought Quad because I remember a trip to the BBC studio at Pebble Mill in Birmingham and they were using them there so I though if its good enough for the BBC they would be good enough for me. I also got a good discount at the dealers I worked for!:)

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pebble mill site was originally a fulling mill, for making felt

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Originally Posted by struth

pebble mill site was originally a fulling mill, for making felt

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Had to look Fulling mill up as I had never heard of one.

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Originally Posted by Jimbo

Had to look Fulling mill up as I had never heard of one.

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think it came from sweden originally. the cloth was 'felted up'. the swedish name is vadmalsstamp .. the mill dated back to the 16th c

Standing outside Earls Court waiting for Pink Floyd "The Wall" concert 1979. I am pictured with my back facing the camera with denim jacket and some artwork of my own on the back. Wish I had kept it.

When I went too the concert I had read one review and did not know what to expect. As it turns out it was by far the best concert I ever went too over the past 50 years. I was just 16 at the time and it blew my mind. The sound and visuals were truly extraordinary even way back then!


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I saw Pink Floyd a couple of times at Mothers in Erdington, fabulous gigs.
A few years later I saw them at De Monfort Hall in Leicester, the set had come on a lot.

I didn't realise it had been demolished.

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Originally Posted by Macca

I didn't realise it had been demolished.

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I was surprised too when I head it was gone. Saw Floyd there twice.

I've only seen Pink Floyd twice: the first time in the late '60s when Syd Barratt was with them, and the second time was at the Bath Festival when they performed Atom Heart Mother.

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Originally Posted by Barry

I've only seen Pink Floyd twice: the first time in the late '60s when Syd Barratt was with them, and the second time was at the Bath Festival when they performed Atom Heart Mother.

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Epic stuff.