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AC1 pre-amplifier

Pre-Amplifier
1972 (manufactured)
Artist/Maker
Lecson Audio (manufacturers)
Stuart, Robert (designer)
Boothroyd, Allen (designer)
Place of origin
St. Ives (Cambridgeshire) (manufactured)

Pre-Amplifier, black perspex and metal alloy with colour-coded slide controls. Lettered in front face: Lecson/preamplifier.

Object details

Categories
Audio Equipment
Design Council Award Winner
Product Design
Electrical Appliances
Object type
Pre-amplifier
TitleAC1 pre-amplifier (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques
Perspex
Metal
Brief description
AC1 pre-amplifier, St.Ives, Cambridgeshire, 1974, Designed by Alan Boothroyd of Hulme Chadwick and Partners, and made by Lecson Audio Ltd.
Physical description
Pre-Amplifier, black perspex and metal alloy with colour-coded slide controls. Lettered in front face: Lecson/preamplifier.
Dimensions
  • Height: 36mm (Note: Measurement taken from department registers)
  • Width: 365mm (Note: Measurement taken from department registers)
  • Depth: 264mm (Note: Measurement taken from department registers)
Associated object
CIRC.70A-1977 (Ensemble)
Collection
Furniture and Woodwork Collection
Accession number
CIRC.70-1977

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Record createdOctober 21, 2005
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O117818/ac1-pre-amplifier-pre-amplifier-stuart-robert/
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