A mate of mine had one of those. He lives in Mexico now. although not as a consequence.Originally Posted by Barry
We did make some recordings with it and it did work but it felt like it would come apart in your hands.
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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.
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Saw this on the Bay, new to me-
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325945643...3ABFBM_q2LwsFj
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Well all the knobs seem to be there, so that's something.
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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?
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So long as it looked futuristic, I think the desgners used Crayons. The decals were never to be trusted on anything silver.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?
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And I wonder how many thought they could alter the frequency response by drawing over those curves with a felt pen?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?
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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.
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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.
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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
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OK until you look in the back.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:
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