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"My, what big tubes you have"

Over the last 30-odd years I have repaired literally thousands of audio products.  By mid 2004, I estimated that I had repaired over 5000 CD players alone.  Audio systems I have worked on include domestic Hi-Fi and Home Cinema, professional systems such as mixing consoles, Digital Audio Workstations and sound-reinforcement, through to highly specialised systems ranging from diagnostic audiometry, to complex IFE (In-Flight Entertainment) systems for several major international airlines. 

Brands of audio product I have worked on include:-
Aaron Acoustic Research Accuphase
Acoustic Solid Audio Analogue Audio Aero
Audiospace Aiwa Akai
AKG Alesis Allan & Heath
Altec Lansing Amber Amcron
Ampeg Ampex Aragon
Arcam Arcus Audio Ariston
Aronov Audax Audia Flight
Audio Alchemy Audio Analogue Audio Aero
Audible Illusions Audio Innovations Audiomeca
Audio Note Audio Pro Audio Research
Audio Technica Audiolab Audion
Avantgarde Ayon Audio B.A.T
Bang & Olufsen AWA Bel Canto
Benchmark Bermester Behringer
Beyer Bluenote Bose
Bowers and Wilkins Bryston Byer
Cairn Ezo California Audio Labs Cambridge
Carver CEC Celestion
Cello Cerwin Vega Chord
Classé Audio Cohen Conrad Johnson
Consonance Counterpoint Crate
Creek Crown Dali
DBX DCS Definitive Tech.
Denon de Paravicini DPA Digital
Dual Duet Dynaco
Dynavector E.A.D
E.A.R Electrocompaniet
Electrovoice Empire Esoteric
Exposure Fender Ferrograph
Final Gadget Labs Galleon Krueger
GEC Goldentone Golden Tube
Goldmund Graaf Grundig
Gryphon Hafler Harman Kardon
Holfi Holman Houston
Hovland Imerge Infinity
Jadis Jands Janszen
JBL Jeff Rowland Jensen
Jordan Watts JVC Kef
Kenwood KLH Korg
Koss KRELL Kudelski
Lamm Laney Leak
Levinson Lexicon LG
Linear Design Linn Luxman
Maestro Madrigal Magnapan
Magnavox Magnum Marantz
Marconi Marshall Martin Logan
McIntosh McLaren Meridian
Mesa M E Sound Metaxas
Metrotech Micromega Micro Seiki
Ming Da Mission Mondial
Monitor Audio Musical Fidelity NAD
Nagra Naim Nakamichi
Neumann Neve NuForce
Onkyo Onlife Research Panasonic
Paradigm Pass Labs Peavey
Peerless Perpetual Perreaux
Phase Linear Philips Pioneer
Pierre Lurne Polk Precision Fidelity
ProAc Proceed PS Audio
Quad Radford RCA
RCF Rega Revox
Rola Roksan Rotel
Sansui Sanyo Scan-Speak
Scully Sennheiser Shanling
Sharp Shure Snell Acoustics
SME Sonic Frontiers Sony
Spectral Stanton Stellavox
Studer Sunfire Sugden
Tandberg Tannoy Tascam
Teac Technics Telefunken
Theta Thorens Thule
Toshiba Tube Technology Trevor Lees
Triangle Unison Research Vactron
Vecteur Vifa Vimak
Von Schwiekert Vox Voxon
VTL Wadia Wavac
Wharfedale Winn Labs Yamaha
That's all the brands I can recall working on for now - (there's probably been a heap more)
Dallas G. Clarke