La résurrection d'Albert et Barry

[slabadabada]

ça se passe ici http://www.albarrymusic.com/ ça méritait bien une mention.

Maintenant qui qu'en a ou en a eu des M408 ou M1008 et qu'en pens(i)ez-vous?

[quadro]

ça se passe ici http://www.albarrymusic.com/ ça méritait bien une mention.

Maintenant qui qu'en a ou en a eu des M408 ou M1008 et qu'en pens(i)ez-vous?

Tout mimi les blocs… Malheureusement, le site n'est pas bavard !

[pascal94]

Tout mimi les blocs… Malheureusement, le site n'est pas bavard !

C'est vrai que pour une résurrection, ils auraient pu soigner l'historique, surtout pour ceux qui, comme moi, n'ont jamais entendu parler de cette marque légendaire.

En plus, ils sont beaucoup moins beaux que les blocs Denon de vintage.

Pascal.

[quadro]

C'est vrai que pour une résurrection, ils auraient pu soigner l'historique, surtout pour ceux qui, comme moi, n'ont jamais entendu parler de cette marque légendaire.

Je ne sais plus qui disait (en substance) « moins tu en dis, plus tu parais intelligent » ! Albert et Barry ont calqué leur stratégie sur ce principe… 

[slabadabada]

C'est vrai que pour une résurrection, ils auraient pu soigner l'historique, surtout pour ceux qui, comme moi, n'ont jamais entendu parler de cette marque légendaire.

En plus, ils sont beaucoup moins beaux que les blocs Denon de vintage.

Pascal.

ça s'appelait le cottage hi-fi une époque qui selon bcp outre-manche a été emportée par la manie du PRaT.
Je suis personnellement assez sensible à cette esthétique d'une époque où la hi-fi pouvait encore se concevoir dans une grange

[slabadabada]

allez une tranche de vie:

Do you know why they are called Albarry? I was working in Manchester in 1978 to 80 and got to know Albert Henshaw very well who started Bespoke Audio in Stockport. They sold Allison speakers of which i had a pair of Ones's and got to know Albert and business partner Barry very well. They loved the Trio LO5 monoblocks and they challenged Neil to better them. So infact the Albarry was borrowed from the Trio amp concept. They became Albarry because they combined their names Albert and Barry = Albarry

Barry was a carpenter by trade - a really nice guy - in the end found the shop too stressful and bowed out. he'd go through several roll-ups just adjusting a Linn on the rig. They were big fans of the Thoresn 124 Mk 2 turntable - they all owned one - this was the reference source for production.

The Albarry production was tense process and I know in the early days they were hit by production process problems but survived. Their shop Bespoke Audio was a new venture and TRio gave them a special dealership which meant they were one of the first to promote the Trio L07D turntable. In turn they loved the Trio amps that were in this suite of manufacture. So what came first were the power amps - Neil used the Trios as the benchmark - and interestingly Bill Beard Valve power amps too - we all agreed these were great amps! The preamp was also an attempt to beat the Trio preamp that came with the Trio suite - they thought they got close!

Those were great days. I was working on a TV game show called Its a Knockout and my escape was to spend some hours in the shop and I helped out selling some of their stock for them just for fun of being involved. They repaid me with a special deal on the L07D - maybe one of the great turntables of all time. My triamped Allison Ones with the Albarry's were the first ever but not before doing a Beard tri-amped system which in those days was a total Naim/Linn/isobarik killer!

Neil designed the circuits. I dont know about the aesthetics.

Happy days - these were one serious amp - Neil was a genius - is he still with us - one never knows these days?

source: http://www.pinkfishmedia.net