"John Byrns" <byrnsj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <0cGWj.950$_03.559@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "Iain Churches" <IainNG@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Someome building a single amp, or very small batches
>> has the distinct advantage in that a standard chassis
>> can be used, but with a little ingenuity, each one
>> can look distinctly different. Colour is of course a
>> very personal thing. I generally use anodised panels,
>> so black is the obvious choice. Waiting times at anodising
>> firms for blue, gold or red is long, and to my conservative
>> eye the panels look garish.
>
> I don't know about that, most of the pro audio equipment, mostly
> broadcast, that I remember from the post WW2 tube era was painted in
> shades of blue, green, umber, gray, silver, and the like, with very
> little black.
In the UK, grey hammer finish was common. The AVO MKIV
tube tester is typical.
http://www.kolumbus.fi/iain.churches/Pics/AVO/MkIV/TopPanel03.jpg
> Black seems to have been the color of choice before WW2,
> and of course is the standard in home audio equipment today.
Even into the 50's most cars, at least in the UK, were black too.
Black is a good colour for audio equipment, although black a
powder coated chassis for a tube amp does seem to attract more
than its fair share of dust.
Regards
Iain
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