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Dear Ashley

(you can answer me privately if you wish) what components are you manufacturing? I am always interested in new audio stuff designed by real enthusiasts, and you seem one (as Markus surely is, of course.)

A little audio-based point of interest for Bristol enthusiasts:

Bristol 409: the dashboard

Under the dashboard of my 409 you might see the small, delightful Tannoy-branded fader control for the 3 main speakers. As my custom-built Hug corner speakers use huge Tannoy Gold Monitor speakers, I feel like this switch helps me feel some of the ambience of my home hi-fi systems (with its Quad IIs, McIntosh 275, McIntosh 2205, Telefunken ELAs etc) in my classic Bristol. I love this switch.

Thank you again and sorry for boring non-hi-fi-listeners with this discussion, but Britain is one of the cradles of real hi-fi reproduction and tube Quads, full-range Tannoys and idler-wheel Garrards have always been favourites of classic audiophiles with the same type of raffish appeal that Bristol have on classic car enthusiasts.

Cheers

Stefano

(P.S.: sorry for the very poor English,.... I hope that you will catch my drift anyway.)