Whatever happened to the Boothroyd-Stewart 'Orpheus' pre and power amp? Did they ever make into production?

The preamp was a gorgeous looking precursor to the 'rainbow' Lecson pre. Very '70s (should suit André) with a Nextel suede finish.

Can't find an image, but it had the sort of design aesthetics that would, I'm sure, have graced the cover of Hi-Fi for Pleasure magazine (no doubt being 'cradled' by a semi-clad female!) Now those were 'mens mags'.

However in passing I found this not-inappropriate article:

http://www.meridian-audio.info/publi...)%5B460%5D.pdf