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Partridge transformers have been apparently available on an intermittent basis in recent years but like yourself a subset of Brit vendors are "right ****s" so us arrogant colonials just don't want to **** with them anymore. Partridge can't be too anxious to sell their wares as they don't advertise, not here and not there either-we get UK magazines easily at news vendors even in backward markets in North America. Japanese, German, and even Italian publications would be more valuable, but tech pubs in foreign languages are scarce. I have several sheets of A4 with specs of current Partridge transformers from perhaps 2 yrs ago. There was no reason to believe from their internet presence that they existed, and neither is there now, so I have no reason to assume they are not still extant. They seemed surprised to have been discovered. I rumbled them via a possibly over-zealous marketing executive. They e-mailed me the specs in a strange format that took some time to decode. I sent them back my Word version thinking it might be useful. Not heard since. Either there are a few old guys on permanent secret holiday within a combine that's forgot they are there, or they supply to OEMs only and have no ambitions to expand...a small cash cow. Perhaps somewhere in between. The only Partridge trannies I have are 60s Carlsbro, same design as Marshall of the period, so it's not inconceivable (to me who knows nothing of current Marshall stuff) that they are still connected, but the list has a variety of usual domestic valve audio specs AFAIR. Perhaps I can find it. I guess I posted it here at the time. yawn, Ian in message ups.com... |
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John Stewart wrote:
I must apologize Phil. For a few weeks you seemed OK. Are you off your meds again? JLS In Aus.hi-fi we found a correlation between the phases of the moon and Phil's behaviour: it was a full Moon on Thursday, so that's all it takes to trigger off a dummy spit. Mark Harriss |
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I assume that the windery which makes Partridge is either too small to
be able to bother with hobbyists or so large that they know it isn't profitable. They do however make high-fidelity transformers and supply them to small manufactories, or at least they did within recent memory. For instance, a copy of the catalogue of La Maison de L'Audiophile in Paris, no 24, undated but about 10-12 years old, list Partridge TK4519 output transformers suitable for 300B at 1900 francs and TK6241 power trx for 2200 francs, also as the standard transformers in their well-regarded Hiraga-inspired Legend 300B amp. The prices quoted are similar to what La Maison charged for mid to high-level Tango iron. HTH. Andre Jute Ian Iveson wrote: wrote Partridge transformers have been apparently available on an intermittent basis in recent years but like yourself a subset of Brit vendors are "right ****s" so us arrogant colonials just don't want to **** with them anymore. Partridge can't be too anxious to sell their wares as they don't advertise, not here and not there either-we get UK magazines easily at news vendors even in backward markets in North America. Japanese, German, and even Italian publications would be more valuable, but tech pubs in foreign languages are scarce. I have several sheets of A4 with specs of current Partridge transformers from perhaps 2 yrs ago. There was no reason to believe from their internet presence that they existed, and neither is there now, so I have no reason to assume they are not still extant. They seemed surprised to have been discovered. I rumbled them via a possibly over-zealous marketing executive. They e-mailed me the specs in a strange format that took some time to decode. I sent them back my Word version thinking it might be useful. Not heard since. Either there are a few old guys on permanent secret holiday within a combine that's forgot they are there, or they supply to OEMs only and have no ambitions to expand...a small cash cow. Perhaps somewhere in between. The only Partridge trannies I have are 60s Carlsbro, same design as Marshall of the period, so it's not inconceivable (to me who knows nothing of current Marshall stuff) that they are still connected, but the list has a variety of usual domestic valve audio specs AFAIR. Perhaps I can find it. I guess I posted it here at the time. yawn, Ian in message ups.com... |
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" wrote: I assume that the windery which makes Partridge is either too small to be able to bother with hobbyists or so large that they know it isn't profitable. They do however make high-fidelity transformers and supply them to small manufactories, or at least they did within recent memory. For instance, a copy of the catalogue of La Maison de L'Audiophile in Paris, no 24, undated but about 10-12 years old, list Partridge TK4519 output transformers suitable for 300B at 1900 francs and TK6241 power trx for 2200 francs, also as the standard transformers in their well-regarded Hiraga-inspired Legend 300B amp. The prices quoted are similar to what La Maison charged for mid to high-level Tango iron. HTH. Andre Jute Partridge is a name synonymous with hi-fi. Seems like they have an almost invisible public profile, and maybe they don't mind that, since with the name they have they'd probably have enough old clients to keep them going without ever advertising. If they tried going as big as Hammond, the quality might vanish. Patrick Turner. |
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Ian Iveson wrote: http://www.ivesonaudio.pwp.blueyonde...k/partrpwr.htm http://www.ivesonaudio.pwp.blueyonde...k/partrchk.htm http://www.ivesonaudio.pwp.blueyonde...k/partropt.htm longer ago than I thought I wonder what's the situation 5 years later? But the specs look fairly healthy. Patrick Turner. Ian |
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Patrick Turner wrote: Ian Iveson wrote: http://www.ivesonaudio.pwp.blueyonde...k/partrpwr.htm http://www.ivesonaudio.pwp.blueyonde...k/partrchk.htm http://www.ivesonaudio.pwp.blueyonde...k/partropt.htm longer ago than I thought I wonder what's the situation 5 years later? But the specs look fairly healthy. Patrick Turner. Ian I Googled Partridge for the hell of it. One hit was something called 'Shinrock' who seems to be in Der Vaterland. Try www.shinrock.com The specs are quite impressive! Anybody know these guys? Cheers, John Stewart |