1974 - 2014 : 40 years of audio excellence. 2014 marks 40 years for New Zealand home audio manufacturer Perreaux. Take a trip down memory lane and re-live some of the moments from the last 40 years.

1. PERREAUX
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2. RAGNAROK WAS A NEW ZEALAND
PROG-ROCK BAND FORMED IN
AUCKLAND IN 1974.
LEA MAALFRID (VOCALS), ANDRE
JAYET MELLOTRON (MOOG
SYNTHESIZER, VOCALS), ROSS MUIR
(BASS GUITAR), MARK JAYET (DRUMS),
RAMON YORK (GUITAR EFFECTS,
VOCALS).
THEIR MUSIC COULD BE BEST
DESCRIBED AS CLASSIC MID-70'S
PSYCHEDELIC PROG ROCK.
IN 1974 PERREAUX MANUFACTURED
PA EQUIPMENT. THIS IS A GOOD
EXAMPLE OF THEIR PRODUCTS.
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3. RAGNAROCK AT A GIG IN A HOTEL
USING A FULL COMPLEMENT OF
PERREAUX PA EQUIPMENT
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4. PERREAUX FIRST DOMESTIC HI-FI
AMPLIFIER THE GS2002 DELIVERING
22W RMS PER CHANNEL. NOTE THE
WOOD VENEER CASEWORK.
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5. KEY PERREAUX EMPLOYEES
DEMONSTRATING THE RUGGEDNESS
OF THEIR POWER AMPLIFIERS.
NOTE THE LEFT REAR WHEEL OF THE
VAN IS ON TOP OF THE AMPLIFIER.
RUGGEDNESS WAS A DESIRABLE
ATTRIBUTE FOR A PA AMPLIFIER AS IT
WAS CONSTANTLY BEING MOVED
FROM GIG TO GIG... SO IT HAD TO BE
BUILT TO WITHSTAND THIS ABUSE.
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6. A RECENTLY MANUFACTURED PA
STACK AT THE REAR OF THE
PERREAUX FACTORY.
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7. ATTEMPT TO RECREATE PA TYPE
SOUND FOR A DOMESTIC
ENVIRONMENT.
PERSONALLY I AM FASCINATED BY
THESE SPEAKERS. I WOULD LOVE TO
TRACK DOWN A PAIR FOR NOSTALGIA
PURPOSES.
NOTE THE PA COMPONENTS IN USE…
SOLID CAST ALUMINIUM HORN
DRIVERS, MASSIVE WOOFERS AND
MULTIPLE TWEETERS… ALL WRAPPED
IN A HUGE HARDWOOD VENEER
CABINET… SENSATIONAL.
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8. EARLY NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT...
HIGH POWERED HI-FI SEPARATES ARE
JUST ENTERING THE MAIN STREAM
MARKETPLACE.
CRAVENS OF PORIRUA HAVE PLACED
THIS ADVERTISEMENT IN THE LOCAL
NEWSPAPER TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO
COME IN AND LISTEN TO A SERIOUS
HI-FI SYSTEM.
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9. EARLY PRICE LIST… STILL VERY
EXPENSIVE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO...
TODAY'S PRICES ARE COMPARATIVELY
FAR LESS EXPENSIVE.
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10. A LOCAL NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
HIGHLIGHTING THE FACT THAT THE
COMPANY IS ON THE VERGE OF
MOVING INTO THE EXPORT MARKET.
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11. ADVERTISEMENT FOR HIGH POWERED
PERREAUX PRODUCTS BY WRIGLEY &
WRIGHT IN HASTINGS.
HOW IS THE EARLY PHONE NUMBER
82- 512… NOT TOO MANY DIGITS
WERE NEEDED BACK THEN.
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12. JULY 1977... SOUND CENTRE IN
LOWER HUTT PROUDLY ADVERTISE
THE MOST POWERFUL AMPLIFIER IN
NZ... THE PERREAUX 6006 AT 55W PER
CHANNEL.
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13. GETTING SERIOUS WITH HI-FI... AN
EARLY PRODUCT BROCHURE.
NOTE THE VU METERS AND NO
FEWER THAN 16 KNOBS, SWITCHES
AND DIALS ON THE SP100 CONTROL
CENTRE.
IN THESE PRE-REMOTE TIMES,
EVERYONE WAS MAD KEEN ON
FIDDLING WITH DIALS AND READING
VU METERS TO TWEAK THE SOUND.
IT WAS ALMOST LIKE USERS WERE
WANTING TO EMULATE BEING AT THE
MIXING DESK OF A LIVE
PERFORMANCE.
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14. BROCHURE MATERIAL…
ISN’T IT AMAZING HOW THE INTERNET
HAS TRANSFORMED THE WAY WE GET
INFORMATION ON PRODUCTS.
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15. DATASHEET FOR THE PERREAUX
SP200 STEREO CONTROL CONSOLE.
“STEREO CONTROL CONSOLE” ISN’T
THAT JUST A FANCY NAME FOR
“PREAMPLIFIER”?
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16. SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE PERREAUX
2100 EXR AND 2200 EXR
PROFESSIONAL STEREO AMPLIFIERS.
OH CRT OSCILLOSCOPE, I REMEMBER
YOU… THOSE WERE THE DAYS.
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17. FIRST PAGE OF COMPREHENSIVE
EQUIPMENT BROCHURE…
MORE SOPHISTICATION WITH A
RISING SUN IN THE BACKGROUND.
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18. THE BROCHURE SHOWS THE CLEAR
SPLIT BETWEEN HI FI AND PA
COMPONENTS.
I PARTICULARLY LOVE THE IMAGE
WITH THOSE GARGANTUAN
SPEAKERS PLACED EITHER SIDE OF
THE PRE POWER SEPARATES AND
RECORD PLAYER.
WE TALK ABOUT “WIFE APPROVAL
FACTOR” TODAY AND THE NEED FOR
A SPEAKER WITH A SMALL FOOTPRINT
TO GAIN WIFE APPROVAL FACTOR...
I WONDER WHAT THE “WAF” OF THIS
SETUP WOULD BE TODAY? LOVE
THOSE SPEAKERS...
GOT TO HAVE A PAIR!
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19. PA EQUIPMENT ON DISPLAY HERE.
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20. MORE ON THE RUGGEDNESS AND
TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT THAT IS
UNDERTAKEN.
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21. STOREFRONT OF DORES HI-FI
SPECIALISTS… NOTE THESE WERE
THE DAYS OF VERY HIGH IMPORT
TARIFFS AND STORES
PREDOMINANTLY SELLING LOCALLY
MANUFACTURED GOODS.
BRANDS LIKE FOUNTAIN & PERREAUX
WERE ALL LOCALLY MANUFACTURED
AND WELL SUPPORTED IN NZ BY A
NETWORK OF RETAILERS…
HOW IS THE WHITE CIRCULAR
SPEAKER... VERY CHIC... ALL A BIT
2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY.
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22. INSIDE THE PERREAUX
DEVELOPMENT AND TEST
LABORATORY.
THESE WERE THE DAYS WHEN MOST
RED-BLOODED MALES WERE
SMOKERS… WE ALL SMOKED
INDOORS AND AT OUR DESKS AND IN
THE LABORATORY TOO.
SEE THE GIANT ASH TRY ON THE
FLOOR WITH THE WORDS... FAG ENDS
PROUDLY DISPLAYED FOR ALL
SMOKERS TO SEE.
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23. STEREO FIRST IN SPACE RACE... A
TYPICALLY MISLEADING NEWSPAPER
TITLE TO DRAW THE READERS IN...
NOTHING HAS CHANGED!
THE WORLD WAS FASCINATED WITH
MAN’S CONQUEST OF SPACE...
ANYTHING THAT WAS REMOTELY
CONNECTED TO IT WAS
HIGHLIGHTED… THE CONNECTION
HERE BEING THAT THE SOLID STATE
DEVICES USED IN THE AMPLIFIERS
WERE ALSO USED IN THE CONQUEST
OF SPACE.
A TENUOUS CONNECTION AT BEST...
ANYTHING TO SELL A NEWSPAPER!
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24. NEWSPAPER ARTICLE SHOWING THE
WINNER OF A COMPETITION TO WIN A
HI-FI SYSTEM.
OF NOTE IS WAYNE PATTERSON
(CENTRE) AND PETER PERREAUX
(RIGHT).
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25. EXPORTS INCREASING… PERREAUX
SALES MANAGER, WAYNE PATTERSON
BESIDE A QUANTITY OF PMF (POWER
MOSFET) AMPLIFIERS BOUND FOR
THE AUSTRALIAN MARKET.
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26. BROCHURE OF THE PMF 8000C AND
9000B… BEAUTIFULLY ENGINEERED
AND MASSIVELY POWERFUL PA
POWER AMPLIFIERS.
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27. PERREAUX
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28. SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PMF 8000C
AND 9000B PA POWER AMPLIFIERS.
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29. THE E SERIES PRODUCT RANGE WAS
COMPREHENSIVE AND CONSISTED OF
E160 POWER AMP EP PREAMP E160I
,
,
INTEGRATED AMP ECD1 CD PLAYER
,
AND ETR TUNER.
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30. REFERENCE P SERIES 200IP 200W
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER.
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31. REFERENCE P SERIES POWER
AMPLIFIER… BRUTALLY HANDSOME
STYLING.
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32. REFERENCE P SERIES LINE UP…
2 X 750P MONOBLOCK POWER
AMPLIFIERS, SM6P PREAMPLIFER AND
CD1 CD PLAYER.
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33. REFERENCE CLASSIC SERIES.
AN AUDACIOUS DESIGN THAT
POLARIZED PEOPLE LIKE NEVER
BEFORE. PEOPLE EITHER
COMPLETELY LOVED THE ORGANIC
FREE STYLE LOOK OR HATED IT WITH
A VENGEANCE.
AFICIONADOS LABELED IT THE "DOG
BONE" FOR GOOD REASON.
350W POWER AMPLIFIER FINISHED IN
CHROME ELECTROPLATE... A RETRO
STATEMENT PIECE.
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34. REFERENCE CLASSIC SM6 PREAMP
AND 350 POWER AMP COMBO.
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35. REFERENCE CLASSIC
AVP1 SURROUND PROCESSOR AND
6160 MULTI-CHANNEL POWER
AMPLIFIER ON THE COVER OF A
GREEK HOME CINEMA MAGAZINE.
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36. REFERENCE CLASSIC SERIES WITH
VAESSEN AUDIO DESIGN PRODUCTS
AT CES IN LAS VEGAS.
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37. FULLY PIMPED OUT CLASSIC SERIES
IN FERRARI RED.
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38. INTERNAL SHOT OF THE RADIANCE
R200I 200W INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER.
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39. ANGLE SHOT WITH FULL METAL
REMOTE OF THE RADIANCE R200I
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER.
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40. MARTY AND DAN AT CES.
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41. RADIANCE R200I ON THE FRONT
COVER OF US MAGAZINE
STEREOPHILE.
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42. BRENDON, MARTY AND CLINTON
EXHIBITING AT A TRADE SHOW.
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43. SILHOUETTE SERIES – A RANGE
SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR
HIGHEST QUALITY REPRODUCTION
FOR THE NEAR FIELD LISTENING
ENVIRONMENT.
CONSISTING OF HEADPHONE,
PHONO, INTEGRATED AND PRE
POWER, DAC AND CD PLAYER...
THE SILHOUETTE SERIES FEATURED A
COMPREHENSIVE LINEUP OF HIGH
QUALITY COMPONENTS.
SHOWN HERE IS THE SXD2 USB DAC
AND SXH2 HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER.
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44. INSIDE THE SILHOUETTE SXH2
DEDICATED HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER.
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45. SILHOUETTE SERIES INTEGRATED
AMPLIFIERS IN PRODUCTION.
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46. ELOQUENCE SERIES – ENGINEERING
MANAGER CLINTON JENSEN
ADMIRING HIS NEW BABY, THE
AWESOME 250I INTEGRATED
AMPLIFIER, WITH MANAGING
DIRECTOR MARTY VAN ROOYEN.
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47. FLAGSHIP ELOQUENCE 250I
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER.
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48. 250I REVEALS IT'S SUPERB INTERIOR.
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49. INSIDE THE ELOQUENCE 150I
INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER.
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50. LOGOS OVER THE YEARS
THE ORIGINAL PERREAUX LOGO
UPGRADED VERSION
CURRENT LOGO
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51. MARTY, JON, GRAHAM AND CLINT
WITH THEIR NEW BABY...
THE AUDIANT SERIES.
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52. AUDIANT 80I INTEGRATED AMPLIFIER
EXPLODED VIEW... NOTE THE
ELECTRONICS MOUNTED UPSIDEDOWN TO THE COVER.
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53. THE AUDIANT 80I INTEGRATED AMP
.
OUR MOST REVIEWED AND AWARDED
PRODUCT EVER.
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54. INTRODUCING THE AUDIANT SR35
LOUDSPEAKERS… THE PRODUCT OF
3 YEARS R&D AND THE PREFECT
COMPLIMENT TO THE AUDIANT
SERIES ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS.
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55. AUDIANT DP32 ASYNCHRONOUS USB
DAC PREAMP SITTING ATOP OF THE
100P POWER AMP WITH MATCHING
SR35 LOUDSPEAKERS.
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56. AUDIANT DP32, 100P AND SR35
SYSTEM IN OPERATION.
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57. THANK YOU FOR VIEWING…
FROM MARTIN & VICKI VAN ROOYEN.
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58. 1974 - 2014
thanks for a rocking 40 years

59. PERREAUX

60. www.perreaux.com