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RE: Philips High Fidelity Laboratories

When you say you met the guy, what guy? If he has some info as to the series either from the Magnavox era or Philips I would like to contact his as K tried to get some history about the project and series.

For a number of hears I had the complete and they were on of the more outstanding full systems from any manufacturer. The tuner is highly sought after and the most common of the 3 units. The preamp and amp are rare. If you locate one of the amp's do not worry if silver or black faced, just get it. It is a great sounding, well actually it has no sound, amp. The preamp with the touch sensitive switches and light map was a bit over the top when it came out and I never did figure out the reasoning for the map other tuner putting some glitz in an otherwise unused space. They would have done better with a couple of vu meters, I think. The tuner is like #6 on the TICKET shootout list. The preamp seems to get no notice while the amp just a bit more likely because the resale per watt is low rather. If the pair said Marantz or some other label likely they would fetch 4x+ the price.

The amp kicks button. I had mine mated to my Bozak Symphonies and it was the best Mp I ever mated to them including McIntosh, Audio Research, Krell, Cary and others. It seemed to take total control of those woofers perfectly. When I downsized, my first list included all my big gear but the Philips. It only went later when I had sold off all other power amps and dedicated preamps.

I still have 3 of the receivers from the series and they have survived sweeps as I sell off my receivers. The smallest is absolutely safe from sale as my new system objective will require small size and power.
Don Brian Levy, J.D.
Toronto ON Canada


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