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The Vintage Audio Section
Anybody know a little more of the history of WRS
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<blockquote data-quote="Marc Hugo" data-source="post: 470871" data-attributes="member: 15915"><p>That is the bass cut button and it is real metal - no plastic on these amps. The SA-60 was made by Cecil "Shimmy" Schwartz and Kevin Mac Cormack of WRS (then, Wholesale Radio Supplies) of Bush House, Cameron Street, Salisbury. They came out with matching speakers of very high quality. They were sold with Goldring Lenco turntables: owner would land up with B55, L72, L75, L78 and L85. Ultimaltely a matching FM/AM tuner was supplied too. These hi-fis were more than a match for Tempest Super Sixty and Super Eighty and the Supersonic 133 and 166 systems. Imports and quasi imports such as Pioneer's 1-11 and "Blue Orchid" were alternatives. Philips sold various "complete" systems based on components as well, usually with 202 and 212 turntables. I don't know about the transistors on the NAD 3020s but the ones used on the WRS amps (of which the photographed one is an early model, circa 1972) are germanium (as opposed to silicon) and not at all cheap to replace. With the matching speakers, it is a spectacular sounding integrated amplifier. I would certainly like to know if anyone is selling one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marc Hugo, post: 470871, member: 15915"] That is the bass cut button and it is real metal - no plastic on these amps. The SA-60 was made by Cecil "Shimmy" Schwartz and Kevin Mac Cormack of WRS (then, Wholesale Radio Supplies) of Bush House, Cameron Street, Salisbury. They came out with matching speakers of very high quality. They were sold with Goldring Lenco turntables: owner would land up with B55, L72, L75, L78 and L85. Ultimaltely a matching FM/AM tuner was supplied too. These hi-fis were more than a match for Tempest Super Sixty and Super Eighty and the Supersonic 133 and 166 systems. Imports and quasi imports such as Pioneer's 1-11 and "Blue Orchid" were alternatives. Philips sold various "complete" systems based on components as well, usually with 202 and 212 turntables. I don't know about the transistors on the NAD 3020s but the ones used on the WRS amps (of which the photographed one is an early model, circa 1972) are germanium (as opposed to silicon) and not at all cheap to replace. With the matching speakers, it is a spectacular sounding integrated amplifier. I would certainly like to know if anyone is selling one. [/QUOTE]
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