Recent content by CharlDurand

I seem to recall we met somewhere Rob? You're right about Radio Spares & Electronics, I think he changed it to "& TV" later. He broke some ground when he started offering black and white TV kits LOL. He started another business with his eldest son selling parts for souped-up cars, it was also...

He was totally focused on audio, and I mean totally. He had a guy working for him, I forgot his name, from whom he learnt a lot of his tricks. But he would change the value of a single resistor a dozen times just to get the sort of effect he wanted, especially when he played around with...

I remember the Lindsey Hood kits. I may even have built up some of them for clients of his. He was ahead of his time.

Thankfully I've still got the Classic Series Preamp. It's built into the cabinet may Dad made, and that has saved it in more than one robbery, first at his house and then at mine. Like I said, I played around with the idea of 'modernising' but now think I'll just invest in a decent network...

Glad you enjoyed it. It was hard to write but time's moving on and I wanted to get the story out there.

There's a good chance, though I don't recall specifics. He was a development engineer, so people asked him to design and build all kinds of things. His woodwork was sought after. Perhaps some stands made its way there through Daan.

I'm early sixties, have been living on the idyllic Eastern Cape coast for four years after a lifetime in Joburg. My introduction to audio started at a very young age. My dad and the venerable Daan Jacobs were best mates from school. Oom Daan, as I knew him, was my godfather. You can see where...