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Steve Spicer's website. Steve, an engineer, is a member of the Melbourne
Audio Club and lives in Glen Waverley, an eastern suburb. Steve's site
has information on various manufacturers of audio products which are no
longer currently available, including examples from Leak, Tannoy and Lowther.
In addition, information on numerous custom-designed audio projects is
also presented although these are not offered for sale.
are
based in Adelaide, South Australia, and manufacture both loudspeakers
and a full range of "MiCrex" branded tube amplifiers. Founded
by Steve Lund and Greg Walden in 1992, Sonique Audio has enjoyed remarkable
success with its products, both in Australia and internationally.
In addition to loudspeakers, Sonique produces hi-fi amplifiers. The Micrex
range of amplifiers originated in the early 1990's. In 1994 Sonique Audio
was approached by Micrex to assist with the international marketing of
its products, which proved so successful, that by 1995 production demands
had increased to a level that production and research and development
was moved to the Sonique Audio factory in Adelaide.
This led to the purchase of Micrex by Sonique Audio in 1996. Utilising
unusual circuitry, the Micrex amplifiers deliver a high level of performance
and realism. These beautifully crafted amplifiers utilise a combination
of metal and timber with the old world charm of valves.
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representing Patrick Turner, is located in Australia's capital, Canberra. Patrick has decades of valuable hands-on experience in the audio technical industry. He offers tube amplifier designs for sale, as well as repair, re-engineering and restoration services. His knowledge of tube amplifiers in particular is wide-ranging, and reflects a strong intellect and a craftman's approach to his field.
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is
service manager for a large consumer electronics company in Melbourne.
Paul has a pedigreed academic background and arguably has the most informed
knowledge of any amplifier man we know in this town. He is extremely motivated
over a variety of interests, and plays a huge part in the web aspects,
prototype construction and business strategy of the AKSA technology. Paul,
like us, is a tube and hybrid man. Visit his website and catch a glimpse
of this energetic enthusiast's rich world of audio!
Doug Self has now become almost "standard reading" in the world of amplifier design. He has created an enormous body of published work, notably in UK journal Wireless World. Douglas is a brilliant circuit analyst with a leaning towards math and measurement, and his writings are well expressed and intensely interesting. His 'Design with Discrete Elements' is worth a good study because it covers much of the difficult material no one writes about and introduces some very challenging, innovative designs.
is an international audiophile from Istanbul who is right into tube audio and has designed and built his own amp and preamp. A clever, urbane man, possessed of great language ability and charm, Adnan has built an amazing gallery of audiophile friends from around the world, as well as a truly impressive number of audio projects and hifi reviews. Adnan is about to open a high end audiophile store in Istanbul, and will sell a Turkish assembled version of the AKSA into Turkey and surrounding countries. |
Steve is a Californian electrical engineer who has a wealth of technical
information and experience and is delighted to share it with the world.
Steve is a very clever and gracious man, who makes a veritable mountain
of information available on his website. Amongst Steve's legendary designs
is a tube amplifierwith no capacitors at all, no mean feat!
John
is a Californian electronics educator and designer of staggering breadth
and literacy. John writes a regular e-zine, unsurpassed for its
fluency and originality. This is a wonderful source of tube and hybrid
circuits and is strongly recommended for any audio maven.
Retrovox
is owned and operated by guitar amp and valve enthusiast David Crittle,
and is based in Wagga Wagga in southern NSW. He operates a veritable Aladdin's
cave of military surplus and other valve and electronics gear, all contained
in what seem like a never-ending chain of stores and warehouses. David
is well known as a scrupulously honest and fair trader; he'll still drive
a firm deal, and he's not giving the stuff away gratis, but you'll be
dealing with an impeccably trustworthy source, and an immensely knowledgeable
and approachable one at that, and one that, obviously, we highly recommend.
Recently
I needed to sell a motor vehicle and trade up to another. I cast around
looking for a professional who might help for a fee, and remembered a
friend who for many years had employed a true expert who had become a
personal friend. 
design
and manufacture of premium quality, hand-wound valve audio transformers,
and located in Melbourne, Victoria. Black Art is the child of Engineer
Lucas Cant, whose products, particularly his 'spud' amp output transformer
for a 417A (5842) triode, have quickly gained a formidable international
reputation.
hails
from Queensland. He's regularly active in valve sales on eBay and
we see his posts from time to time on the JoeNet, the Sound Practices
(Magazine) email List. His website features quite a number of interesting,
especially single-ended, tube projects.
is
a Sydney-based electronics guru with a technical and manufacturing
background. He's a very experienced, clear thinker, with strong
and well explained views on most of the topics which interest audiophiles
and performance audio workers. Some very good and simple circuits
are to be found on his site, which is well worth an extended visit,
and fast becoming one of the most famous audio sites in the world.