Be Quiet...Listen Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 Recently purchased a turntable and found this inside the plinth. Does anyone here have any info on it by chance?
muon* Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) The Gap? Never heard of them, or a phono amplifier from them. Edit: inside might be interesting. Edited March 29, 2022 by muon*
Be Quiet...Listen Posted March 29, 2022 Author Posted March 29, 2022 53 minutes ago, muon* said: The Gap? Never heard of them, or a phono amplifier from them. Edit: inside might be interesting. Will hopefully get around to that as soon as I have a spare minute 1
EV Cali Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 1 hour ago, muon* said: The Gap? Never heard of them, or a phono amplifier from them. Edit: inside might be interesting. The Gap is a suburb of Brisbane, so I assume, The Gap, Qld, Aust, is the location of the manufacture. With perhaps MTE Electronics being their name. As I live in The Gap it would be interesting to know if some one has at some time made a phono amp. 1
muon* Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, EV Cali said: The Gap is a suburb of Brisbane, so I assume, The Gap, Qld, Aust, is the location of the manufacture. With perhaps MTE Electronics being their name. As I live in The Gap it would be interesting to know if some one has at some time made a phono amp. Lived out at The Gap myself too a while back.
Darryl Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 Always nice to get an unexpected bonus An inside pic would be nice if you get a chance.
aasza Posted March 29, 2022 Posted March 29, 2022 @Be Quiet...Listen I did some sleuthing and tracked down an ex employee of the manufacturer and got in touch with him. He said: "The company closed down about 30 years ago or so. I don't mind answering questions and if I don't know the answer, I can put them in touch with the guy who probably designed it." I will PM you his email address... 8
Be Quiet...Listen Posted March 29, 2022 Author Posted March 29, 2022 53 minutes ago, aasza said: @Be Quiet...Listen I did some sleuthing and tracked down an ex employee of the manufacturer and got in touch with him. He said: "The company closed down about 30 years ago or so. I don't mind answering questions and if I don't know the answer, I can put them in touch with the guy who probably designed it." I will PM you his email address... Thanks so much
Rustee Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 16 hours ago, aasza said: @Be Quiet...Listen I did some sleuthing and tracked down an ex employee of the manufacturer and got in touch with him. He said: "The company closed down about 30 years ago or so. I don't mind answering questions and if I don't know the answer, I can put them in touch with the guy who probably designed it." I will PM you his email address... Power of SNA shines again 1
EV Cali Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 22 hours ago, aasza said: @Be Quiet...Listen I did some sleuthing and tracked down an ex employee of the manufacturer and got in touch with him. He said: "The company closed down about 30 years ago or so. I don't mind answering questions and if I don't know the answer, I can put them in touch with the guy who probably designed it." I will PM you his email address... Well it would be nice if you could share some of the information your sleuthing uncovered with the rest of us, who had taken an interest or responded to the post. Such as actual name of the company, did they produce anything else and were they based in The Gap, Qld.
aasza Posted March 30, 2022 Posted March 30, 2022 26 minutes ago, EV Cali said: Well it would be nice if you could share some of the information your sleuthing uncovered with the rest of us, who had taken an interest or responded to the post. Such as actual name of the company, did they produce anything else and were they based in The Gap, Qld. Woah High Ho Silver.. I didn't sleuth that hard I Google searched 'MTE Electronics Queensland' and the only relevant result was a short Biography of the Managing Director at a current Audio company that does P.A and Commercial Audio installation. In the Bio he mentioned employment as a technician at a company called MTE in the 80's. I sent the company an inquisitive email asking if on the off chance they were familiar with said phono EQ and it just happened that he was. I asked if I could pass on his email to someone else and he agreed. I'm no Sherlock Holmes 3 1
Tobes Posted March 31, 2022 Posted March 31, 2022 On 29/03/2022 at 4:59 PM, Be Quiet...Listen said: Recently purchased a turntable and found this inside the plinth. Out of curiosity what turntable did you find it in? The look of the phono stage and balanced only output suggests pro/radio station use.
krazywaffle Posted January 5 Posted January 5 @Be Quiet...Listen What were your impressions of this phono stage? Did you contact the former MTE employee? I also recently obtained the same phono stage and seeking information about it:
Be Quiet...Listen Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 I never actually got around to doing anything with it, truth be told. Sorry I can’t help out.
krazywaffle Posted January 5 Posted January 5 Thanks @Be Quiet...Listen and no worries. Do you happen to still have that email address that aasza sent you? If so, can you please PM it to me? Thanks. If curious to see the internals of the unit (if you haven’t looked yourself), I’ve added these to the other thread, fyi. Looks potentially good with Elna caps.
Be Quiet...Listen Posted January 5 Author Posted January 5 37 minutes ago, krazywaffle said: Thanks @Be Quiet...Listen and no worries. Do you happen to still have that email address that aasza sent you? If so, can you please PM it to me? Thanks. If curious to see the internals of the unit (if you haven’t looked yourself), I’ve added these to the other thread, fyi. Looks potentially good with Elna caps. The phono is long gone unfortunately. And I cleared out my messages some time ago and seems it's gone. 1
krazywaffle Posted January 5 Posted January 5 On 29/3/2022 at 7:13 PM, aasza said: I did some sleuthing and tracked down an ex employee of the manufacturer and got in touch with him. He said: "The company closed down about 30 years ago or so. I don't mind answering questions and if I don't know the answer, I can put them in touch with the guy who probably designed it." I will PM you his email address... @aasza Do you still have the email address for the ex-employee of the manufacturer? If so, would you mind please sending to me via PM? Thanks heaps.
audiofeline Posted January 5 Posted January 5 (edited) You could try contacting https://www.oneillassociates.com.au, the site documents Aust. made equipment used for the broadcast industry. Given this looks like it was for professional use, they might have an interest (and maybe info) on it (although it isn't on their site). Try sending @aasza a PM to see if he still has the contact info (tagging him doesn't seem to be working at the moment). Edited January 5 by audiofeline 1
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