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[#8185] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
咁多,隻隻一樣!!哈哈
除W要出去草地哂乾,有無用來聽?
sm
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221.xxx.xxx.105
2005-11-04 00:19
[#8186] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
http://home.mira.net/~kiewavly/TL12_50yrs.html

Wonderful web site for Leak lovers : )

--------------------------------------------Introduction
The Leak TL/12 was introduced in December 1948, and therefore celebrates its 50'th anniversary in December 1998.

For those not familiar with the Leak TL/12, it is:

An audio power amplifier.
Output is 12 Watts at 0.1% distortion
Was acclaimed at the time to be Britains Best audio amplifier, and is highly sought-after today by high-end audio enthusiasts all over the world.

Background
The following text is an extract from an historical note written by H.J leak in late 1951 (the full text is available in the 28-Page "Point One" booklet listed below.)

To set the context of the following extract, it should be realised that Leak had been making a feedback amplifier known as the Type 15 since 1945, and that this amplifier had similar low distortion (0.1%), but was costly to produce, and was a four-stage circuit.

"In 1948 the problem of costly production was surmounted when we abandoned our original 4-stage circuit of 1945 for the simpler, more sensitive and completely stable 3-stage circuit of the TL/12.

The basic TL/12 circuit was evolved in 1947 by H. J. Leak for use with feedback cutter-heads, and the circuit was so stable that feedback magnitudes greater than 40db could be obtained over the loop containing the three stages, the output transformer and the electro-mechanical circuit of the cutter-head. We realised that with this new circuit we had the opportunity of offering a superlative amplifier, but with our high-grade labour it was essential to use the most advanced techniques of manufacture and to ensure quantity production if the price was to be kept low. We knew that the very large orders necessary for quantity production would come only if the amplifier gained world-wide acceptance from three main classes of users:

1. Professional audio engineers representing the communications industries (broadcasting and recording companies, telephone, telegraph and cable companies, Public Address and diffusion operators) and also those engineers in the distributing branches of the radio industry whose main interest is high-fidelity reproduction.

2. The non-technical music-lover or gramophile.

3. The knowledgeable amateur enthusiast (the "audio hobbyist" of the U.S.) who had previously built his own amplifiers for reasons of economy and/or personal satisfaction.

With these requirements before us further development work was carried out on the basic circuit and on the physical details, and the TL/12 in its present form was launched in December 1948, together with the RC/PA pre-amplifier.

Features
A review of advertising literature from the time reveals many desirable features in the TL/12 that are sought after today in high-end audio amplifiers. Below is a listing of the key features of the amplifier:

Push-pull triode output stage, with 400 Volts on the anodes
A Leak triple-loop feedback circuit, the main loop giving 26dB feedback over 3 stages and the output transformer (hence the "TL" designation).
No H.T. electrolytic smoothing or decoupling capacitors (oil-impregnated paper-dielectric capacitors are used)
Distortion 0.1%
Hum and noise -80dB
Frequency response: +/- 0.1 dB 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Damping factor: 20 (Regulation of 0.2dB)
Gingers
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221.xxx.xxx.9
2005-11-04 00:19
[#8187] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
That's is the reason why I always leave my 12.1 the last one to sing : )
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12.1一出,應聲中毒,無人幸免..^^


dd845
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219.xxx.xxx.47
2005-11-04 00:23
[#8188] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
That's is the reason why I always leave my 12.1 the last one to sing : )
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12.1一出,應聲中毒,無人幸免..^^

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上天有好生之德,姜掌門都係到最後先出12.1
等聽F回家輾軼轉反側...^^
dd845
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219.xxx.xxx.47
2005-11-04 00:26
[#8189] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
It definitely sounds much better than my Marantz 9. I have a pair of Klangfilm 6S Ela 2805 which I am very happy with but I still like KT66 more.
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CP

I should show you the VT75 with 12.1.
Much better to my ears : )



Gingers
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221.xxx.xxx.9
2005-11-04 00:28
[#8190] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
It definitely sounds much better than my Marantz 9
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I would say the result really depends on what speakers you are using : )



Gingers
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221.xxx.xxx.9
2005-11-04 00:33
[#8191] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
I am sure if you put your Marantz 9 into a modern spk with low effiency, it will beat 12.1!

Oppositive, if we put some px4/px25/2a3/300b/6L6 into a high effiency spk, the looser might nbe 12.1 as well!

hifi is mix and match.
hkstereophile
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219.xxx.xxx.199
2005-11-04 00:57
[#8192] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Good morning..


dd845
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61.xxx.xxx.232
2005-11-04 09:37
[#8193] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
They have been fully restored by your magic hands : )
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My "原汁原味" + "藍芽" fully restored Leak TL12 Point One Tube Power Amplifier..^_____^





dd845
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61.xxx.xxx.141
2005-11-04 09:40
[#8194] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Ginger

This 12+ price is Eur999. Is it expensive?

n19137
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203.xxx.xxx.211
2005-11-05 20:36
[#8195] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
more

n19137
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2005-11-05 20:37
[#8196] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
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n19137
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2005-11-05 20:41
[#8197] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
This one already fully modify. Buy it now price Eur 999.-

n19137
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2005-11-05 20:43
[#8198] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Eur999
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Price are too high : )

Gingers
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221.xxx.xxx.254
2005-11-05 20:56
[#8199] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
I would be very cautious in buying a pair of Leak TL12+ without knowing the codes of the output transformers. For 8 or 16 ohm output impedance, the output transformers should have 8615 or 3921 stamped underneath.

This silver pair of TL12+ do not have the output impedance selectors on the side covers, so they could have been used for public address with 100V line transformers. From the photos of the back, just above the speaker connectors, you can read "line output". Even if the transformers have been rewound for 8 or 16 ohm impedanace, they will never sound the same.

Hon
hifienthusiast
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80.xxx.xxx.11
2005-11-06 02:19
[#8200] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Good morning!

Hon -

Yes! The output transformers were originallly made not for home/monitoring uses. Besides, the seller added so many "tonics" (補品) means the sonic signature of the original 12+ design cannot be achieved after the rewinding of the output transformers. It may also mean that the rewinded output trans did not sound good in the view of the seller before he added so many "tonics" hopefully to increase ambience (small caps in parallel), strengthen bass (added filter capacitance), etc..

Who know how good/bad the sound has become? Two bad's don't make one good!

The simple advice is keep AWAY from this pair..!

rcwy
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221.xxx.xxx.250
2005-11-06 10:20
[#8201] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Ginger, Hon, rcwy

Thank you for your advice!

第一眼好正,有些心動、很想Buy it now, Now I will keep it away!

http://cgi.ebay.de/LEAK-TL-12-SUPERZUSTAND_W0QQitemZ7559787588QQcategoryZ40162QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Jeremy
n19137
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219.xxx.xxx.176
2005-11-06 12:17
[#8202] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Good morning

Jeremy

The Stereo 20 is good enough. Sometimes I do think Stereo 20 is better : )

John
Gingers
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221.xxx.xxx.254
2005-11-06 12:20
[#8203] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Good Morning Ginger,

I want to bring my preamp PLP to your home to meet 12.1. I would like to know which weekday you will available on next next week (14 - 20/Nov).

Jeremy
n19137
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2005-11-06 12:32
[#8204] Leak Club for Leakies or Leak user    
Jeremy

Welcome.
Can it be next Friday 2005-11-11 ?

John
Gingers
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2005-11-06 12:37
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