Phase Linear (Magazine Reviews, Articles, Etc.)

Ok Ed.......retirement ain't supposed to be all about honey-do's...
 
JustMike said:
The Absolute Sound Vol. 1 No. 1 , spring 1973
"on the cover"

Check out the article on page 22
http://www.slideshare.net/edwhiu1/tas-volume-1issue1

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I had a copy of that issue when it was new - more like a pamphlet than a magazine. I had just st bought my first pair of Advents and immediately lusted for a double system after reading that review in there. Finally got the 2nd pair in 1974.

That was also the first time I heard the name Phase Linear and it's review obviously proclaimed it to be the best amp on the planet. I mean better even than McIntosh had to make it the best one ever but so far above affordability, it was laughable. That read stuck in my mind and made me jump at the chance in 1990 to buy the one I have now for including a 1BX for $200 when they came in on trade.

I did try several cheaper amps in the intervening time including (based on what The Absolute Sound said about it), a Crown DC300. My ears were pretty young but even then, I did't get why that amp was so hyped. I only kept it a week.
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Interesting stuff in there Ed. What grabbed your attention, other than the ad??
 
Phase Linear 700 Ad (Audio Magazine) (January 1971)

Here is an ad which I believe was first used in January 1971 in Audio magazine.

CORRECTION: The first ad appeared in Audio magazine December 1970 on page 88.
https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Audio/70s/Audio-1970-12.pdf


If so, I would find this interesting since it has the Seattle, WA address (in the Richmond Beach neighborhood of what is now Shoreline, WA).

Considering that there is a several month lead time in advance of an issue coming out, the amp was either a bridge amp, a Kelly DeYong amp or an empty chassis at the time. The PL0171 pc board was not used until sometime after January 1971.

By the way, the Seattle address no longer exists. I believe they were using the bottom floor or basement of an old grocery store (at the address noted in the ad) which predates their move to the bottom of the grocery story at 405 Howell Way in Edmonds, WA. If my memory serves me correct, Steve Johnston, Greg Johnston and another friend (whose name escapes me) were living down the street (from this location) at what was once the Handy Spot Market. Bob was living near "Firdale Village" a couple miles away.

NOTE: Credit must go to the phaselinearhistory website for this photo.
 

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JustMike said:
The Absolute Sound Vol. 1 No. 1 , spring 1973
"on the cover"

Check out the article on page 22
http://www.slideshare.net/edwhiu1/tas-volume-1issue1

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Interesting stuff:

1) McIntosh was whooped by Phase and Crown amps of the day.
2) Lights dimmed when the Phase was used. I think this reflects a lot on the wiring in most homes of that day. A lot of 60 amp services in homes back then.
3) They are dead on the stunning difference a 700 can have on the Advent. On a pair that I used to own, it was like a totally different speaker when the 700 was hooked up to it. Not even close to other amps. Some sort of synergy there no doubt.
4) Would have been interesting to have a WOPL in the group back when they did this review.
 
"Consumer Electronics: The 700-Watt Power Amplifier" Case Study...............

Here is an interesting article I saw a number of years ago that I was able to re-locate.

"International Competitiveness in Electronics"

"Case Studies in the Development and Marketing of Electronics Products*

"Consumer Electronics: The 700-Watt Power Amplifier"

scroll down through the document to appendix C:
http://www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk3/1983/8314/831417.PDF

 

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oldphaser said:
Here is an ad which I believe was first used in January 1971 in Audio magazine.

If so, I would find this interesting since it has the Seattle, WA address (in the Richmond Beach neighborhood of what is now Shoreline, WA).

Considering that there is a several month lead time in advance of an issue coming out, the amp was either a bridge amp, a Kelly DeYong amp or an empty chassis at the time. The PL0171 pc board was not used until sometime after January 1971.

By the way, the Seattle address no longer exists. I believe they were using the bottom floor or basement of an old grocery store (at the address noted in the ad) which predates their move to the bottom of the grocery story at 405 Howell Way in Edmonds, WA. If my memory serves me correct, Steve Johnston, Greg Johnston and another friend (whose name escapes me) were living down the street (from this location) at what was once the Handy Spot Market. Bob was living near "Firdale Village" a couple miles away.

NOTE: Credit must go to the phaselinearhistory website for this photo.
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Got this one from you Ed many moons ago and is posted on cabinet above my 700.
 
Bernie Mitchell (U.S. Pioneer President) featured in Pioneer commercial

I stumbled across this "Rolling Stone Magazine 10th Anniversary Special" video aired November 25, 1977 which includes an ad for Pioneer. The ad features Bernie Mitchell who was the President for U.S. Pioneer at the time. Bernie contacted Steve Johnston at Phase Linear in April/May 1978 (approximately 1 month after Bob Carver left the company). Pioneer subsequently bought Phase Linear in August 1978.

The ad starts at the 8:30 time mark in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSz07mB5GuI

Bernie later worked for Advent.

Here is also a link to an obituary which appeared in the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/1982/09/21/o...l-dies-at-48-ex-president-of-advent-corp.html
 

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