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History of this impressive British audio company and their unique and innovative designs are chronicled with great attention to detail. Includes over 300 illustrations and presents 30 circuit diagrams from the company's product range.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Introduction 11
Acknowledgements 12
Foreword 14
1. Personalities 16
Harold Leak 16
Frank Hawkins 20
Ted Ashley 21
Phil Biggs, Fred Blackman and John Leak 23
2. Inception 24
The Beginnings 1924-34 24
1934 to 1945 25
Standard 13 Watt Chassis 29
Standard Telephones and Cables 30
GEC and the Type 15 Point One 31
Negative Feedback and Stability 35
3. Operations 38
Company Structure and Staff 38
Staff Recruitment 39
Staff Numbers 40
Sporting Clubs 41
The Annual Henley Weekend 44
Company Premises 45
Uxbridge Road 46
Out Workers 47
Brunel Road 50
Downham Market 52
Factory Output 53
Quality Control 53
Company Publications 57
4. The TL/12 61
The Birth of Hi-Fi 61
The Move Away from Sub-Contracting 62
Industry Personalities 64
The TL/12 67
Production Variations 73
RC/PA 76
5. The Leak Idiom 78
Construction Practice 78
Transformers 80
Laboratory Facilities 82
Industrial Design 83
Export Markets 86
American Distribution 87
Australian Distribution 90
Simon Gray Pty Ltd 90
H. J. Leak (Aust) Pty Ltd 92
Other Countries 95
6. More Products 96
Mark 1 Moving Coil Pickup 96
Mark 2 Moving Coil Pickup 98
Stereo Pickup 102
Truspeed Turntable 104
VS-Tuner 107
FM Tuners 109
Trough-Line FM Tuner 110
Trough-Line II 113
Trough-Line 3 and Trough-Line Stereo 115
Equipment Cabinets 119
Portable TL/12 System 121
7. Pre-Amplifiers 123
Evolution and Design 123
RC/PA/U 126
Vari-Slope 126
Steep Cutting Filter 129
Varislope II 130
Point One 131
Varislope III 134
Point One Plus 136
Point One Stereo 137
Varislope Stereo 138
Stereo Adaptor 139
Varislope 2 Stereo and Varislope Mono 140
8. Power Amplifiers 143
Evolution and Design 143
First Stage 143
Second Stage 144
Output Stage 145
Development 146
TL/25 and TL/25A 148
TL/10 150
TL/12 Plus 152
TL/25 Plus 155
TL/50 Plus 158
Stereo 20 160
Stereo 50 162
Stereo 60 164
9. Germanium and Silicon 166
Stereo 30 166
Stereo 70 and Stereo 30 Plus 173
Stereofetic FM Tuner 176
10. Loudspeakers 180
The 550 Loudspeaker 180
The Ionophone, Plessey and the “Duad” 181
Ribbon Speakers 182
Electrostatic Speakers 184
Leak Sandwich 187
11. Rank-Leak 198
The Selling of Leak to Rank 198
The Rank-Leak Era 199
Leak Delta Series 200
Leak 2000 Series 203
Leak 3000 Series 205
The Finale 208
12. Reference Data 210
Circuit Diagrams 210
RC/PA Pre-Amp 211
RC/PA/U Pre-Amp 212
Vari-Slope Pre-Amp 213
Point One Pre-Amp 214
Varislope II Pre-Amp 215
Varislope III Pre-Amp 216
Varislope III (Series N) Pre-Amp 217
Point One Plus Pre-Amp 218
Varislope Mono Pre-Amp 219
Point One Stereo Pre-Amp 220
Varislope Stereo Pre-Amp 221
Varislope 2 Stereo Pre-Amp 222
“Point One” Type 15 Power Amplifier 223
“Point One” 30 Watt Power Amplifier 224
TL/12 Power Amplifier 225
TL/10 Power Amplifier 226
TL/25A Power Amplifier 227
TL/12 Plus 228
TL/25 Plus 229
TL/50 Plus 230
Stereo 20 231
Stereo 50 232
Stereo 60 233
Stereo 30 234
Stereo 30 Plus 235
Stereo 70 Amplifier 236
T.R.F. Tuner 237
VS-Tuner 238
Trough-Line FM Tuner 239
Trough-Line II FM Tuner 240
Trough-Line Stereo FM Tuner 241
Stereofetic Tuner 242
Leak Product Listing 245
De-Emphasis Circuits for the Trough-Line Stereo 248
Amplifier Restoration 249
Resistors 250
Capacitors 250
Power Transformers and Chokes 252
Output Transformers 253
Connectors 254
A Modified Sandwich Mark II Loudspeaker 255
Harmonic Distortion 257
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First publish date: 2000
Subjects: Technology, Science/Mathematics
Authors: Stephen Spicer
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