Sorry, not quite, do you mind if I correct you.....?
Here's a story...once upon a time in a far away land.....there was a
man by the name of Mark westley...this is his story....
I started Tresham Audio with Richard Dunn in the late 1970's.
I knew him as a Salesman for AR whilst I was working for Audio T in Cambridge ( later becoming TAS, St Ives).
Richard, having little technical knowledge, was the Sales and Financial Director and I was the Technical and Production Director.
Although I was qualified and capable of designing electronic devices, we needed someone more experienced with the ability to design us a Studio Amplifier quicker than I would be able to.
We, therefore employed Barry Porter from Trident, who, having recently had a Nervous Breakdown (
https://tridentaudiodevelopments.com/history/ ) was looking for a more friendly and gentle workplace.
Together with Barry's and my skills and abilities, we came up with our first amplifier, the Tresham SR402. Various products followed. After about 3 years, Tannoy took an interest in us, and our products and purchased the company which included me.
Richard somehow managed to dump all outstanding financial debts that Tresham Audio had accumulated, onto my shoulders.
After Tresham Audio ceased trading, I retained one of the keys to the factory to provide a product inventory for my new employer.I believe Richard may still had his key at this time.
Before this happened, Tresham Audio were working on a bipolar 50 watt/per channel amplifier and had produced a prototype. This prototype mysteriously disappeared from the Test Bench before Tannoy and I cleared the company unit.
As Tannoy- Tresham Manager, with Tannoy, I was responsible for staff training and all the designs and product development and manufacturing for Tannoy - Tresham products.
Coincidentally,Richard started NVA with a 50 watts/channel power amplifier (Bi-polar) and Passive Preamp.
Barry Porter and I used to wind Richard up and joke with him. One of those jokes was telling him that we needed to change all the metal screws to plastic to allow the music signal to escape without distortion! I fear, in this instance , he may have believed us.
Mark Westley