Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too??

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Posted by Joe Rosen on March 27, 2001 at 16:32:25

In Reply to: Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? posted by Doug Eisemann on March 24, 2001 at 11:59:02:

I had to smile when I read your post, Doug, it brought back some long-forgotten memories!
I did own a Bozak preamp some 15 years ago or so, a big honkin' thing with sliders & stuff on the front panel.
It sure was complicated, but it worked flawlessly and sounded alot better than I thought it had a right to. I was and am into High-End valve gear, and whilst I wasn't so impressed with that Bozak to stick into my main system, I still took guilty pleasure listening to solid-state Bozak sound in a system I set up for a friend with the Bozak (we did use a tube amp though, the Bozak had a warm tone & was quite clean & very smooth, too).
The preamp was very clearly NOT Japanese, and didn't have that look to it that sub-contracted pieces do (Philips, Aragon, NYAL). You took the lid off, and you saw very iconoclastic build practices done to a very, very high standard. Definitely old-school American. Very McIntosh, in fact! It looked like they made it themselves, just because they could, just because they felt like it. It didn't have a "marketed" quality about it, I don't even ever remember seeing advertising for them! And Bozak is one of those almost-forgotten Hi-Fi names, but yet manages to retain a superb pedigree. These modern transistorized electronics (I never heard or saw them make tube gear...) don't hurt that pedigree one bit. Too bad they didn't do better with them. I think they deserved to as well.

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Topic - Bozak B-301 TEMPO.......it says on the label - Barney's Beanery 08:43:04 03/24/01 (11)

Re: Bozak B-301 TEMPO.......it says on the label - rik 10:06:11 03/24/01 (10)

Re: Bozak B-301 TEMPO.......it says on the label - Brian 20:25:56 03/25/01 (1)

Good info...Thank you (nt) - Barney's Beanery 09:28:19 03/30/01 (0)

Re: Bozak B-301 TEMPO.......it says on the label - Brian 20:12:57 03/25/01 (0)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Doug Eisemann 11:59:02 03/24/01 (6)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Joe Rosen 16:32:25 03/27/01 (4)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Doug Eisemann 17:34:15 03/29/01 (3)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Joe Rosen 05:15:15 03/31/01 (2)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Stan Mocarsky 10:28:29 05/06/01 (0)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Doug Eisemann 00:35:49 04/02/01 (0)

Oops, bad grammar on that last post, sorry! (nt) - Doug Eisemann 12:01:13 03/24/01 (0)

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Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Joe Rosen 16:32:25 03/27/01 (4)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Doug Eisemann 17:34:15 03/29/01 (3)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Joe Rosen 05:15:15 03/31/01 (2)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Stan Mocarsky 10:28:29 05/06/01 (0)

Re: Did Bozak made their own electronics too?? - Doug Eisemann 00:35:49 04/02/01 (0)

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