[AMPS] viewstar amplifier

[Barry Kirkwood]

My apologies,Paul,

And congratulations on a good amp.
Sorry about the disinformation which came from south of the 49th parallel,
where some of the natives incline to the believe that all things more
technical than a bullock cart originate.
You will note that I used the words " I have been told..." with regard to
the origins of the design, which would indicate that the info was hearsay
and not definitive.

sincerely


end
Barry Kirkwood PhD ZL1DD
Signal Hill
66 Cory Road
Palm Beach
Waiheke Island 1240
NEW ZEALAND
www.waiheke.co.nz/signal.htm
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Hrivnak <palstar@erinet.com>
To: Barry Kirkwood <bjk@ihug.co.nz>
Sent: Sunday, 07 January, 2001 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [AMPS] viewstar amplifier


> >I own a Viewstar.
> >Gives good service. The plate blocking capacitor died, replaced with a
> >bigger one. Capacitor stack also died and took ht rectifier with it, not
> >unexpected in view of the age of the unit.
> >Otherwise no problems.
> >Works well, TVI problems minimal.
> >Mine has nominal 3kV on anodes on a good day (mains supply here is not
> >great).
> >Have been told that the original design was by B&W.
> >73
> >
> >end
> >Barry Kirkwood PhD ZL1DD
> >Signal Hill
> >66 Cory Road
> >Palm Beach
> >Waiheke Island 1240
> >NEW ZEALAND
>
> I would like to correct you  before you pass on some more misinformation
> B&W had no hand in the design of the Viewstar amplifiers in any shape or
form.
> I did the design as I owned Viewstar and the successor Vectronics in which
> we manufactured the HF600 and the Vector 500 line of amplifiers
> in Toronto during the period from 88 to 1994.
> I sold the PT2500 to B&W in 1987 and they sort of fooled with it
> until they shut it down some years later.
> Regards
> Paul Hrivnak
>
> Bramco Palstar Inc.
> Piqua, OH  45356
> palstar@erinet.com
>
>
>


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