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When I was yooof, I was very interested in sound reproduction. Ultimately I wanted to work in the Hifi industry. I would prowl the car-boot sales buying speakers and playing around with the crossovers/ drive units until I found something just right. My hifi system at the age of 14 would have made a married man weep at the sight.
I once had 14 pairs of speakers connected in a Marty McFly style system...
Back in the 1990's the Huntingdon area was the unofficial hiding place of some well known brand names such as Quad, Mission, Cyrus, Meridian, Audiolab, E.A.R., Arcam and a few others. Even Sir Clive Sinclair made his stuff down the road in St.Ives in the early 80's.
I got my first job as an acoustic technician at Quad, even built some prototype electrosatics from scratch... I even managed to impress former school friends down the pub. I was a very happy chappy for about 3 months.
Then the rose tinted glasses fell off, got crushed underfoot and the dispapointment landed with a 'whump' and a cloud of dust.
I've never met so many premadonnas andpretentious wankers in all my life. I didnt meet one single person who actually cared about what they were making just people who kept trying to out do each other and get their praises sung in the Hifi press. I was eventually driven into a breakdown by it all and vowed never to have anything to do with it ever again.
Looking back, if the careers advisor had actually listened, I would have found out about Salford University and probably have run a failed speaker manufacturer by now.
Point of this thread is: What disappointed you?
I once had 14 pairs of speakers connected in a Marty McFly style system...
Back in the 1990's the Huntingdon area was the unofficial hiding place of some well known brand names such as Quad, Mission, Cyrus, Meridian, Audiolab, E.A.R., Arcam and a few others. Even Sir Clive Sinclair made his stuff down the road in St.Ives in the early 80's.
I got my first job as an acoustic technician at Quad, even built some prototype electrosatics from scratch... I even managed to impress former school friends down the pub. I was a very happy chappy for about 3 months.
Then the rose tinted glasses fell off, got crushed underfoot and the dispapointment landed with a 'whump' and a cloud of dust.
I've never met so many premadonnas andpretentious wankers in all my life. I didnt meet one single person who actually cared about what they were making just people who kept trying to out do each other and get their praises sung in the Hifi press. I was eventually driven into a breakdown by it all and vowed never to have anything to do with it ever again.
Looking back, if the careers advisor had actually listened, I would have found out about Salford University and probably have run a failed speaker manufacturer by now.
Point of this thread is: What disappointed you?
