I happened to run across your post mentioning Aaron Newman and Stewart Hegeman. I am a bit younger than Aaron (75) but I worked with him back in the mid 1950's when he was at Lafayette and would be interested in saying hello to him. He might remember me, Philip Perlman, who worked with him and did a lot of technical writing at the time, writing the manuals for many of the audio kits back then.
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/* Phil */
Dave, not to get off topic here, but I caught up with my old friend Aaron Newman last week. As usual, the conversation turned to his days with Lafayette Radio. He again clarified that Hegeman's association with the famous KT-600 preamp, 550 power amp, and some of the smaller integrated amps is a total myth. Those designs were all exclusively developed by Aaron whose position as chief engineer came about when Lafayette's association with Hegeman Labs ended. In fact, Hegeman recommended Aaron for the position since they had worked together in Glen Ridge, NJ at the former's home. Fwiw................ Maynard
Stories like this make me feel unintelligent!!!!!
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Hello Maynard,
I happened to run across your post mentioning Aaron Newman and Stewart Hegeman. I am a bit younger than Aaron (75) but I worked with him back in the mid 1950's when he was at Lafayette and would be interested in saying hello to him. He might remember me, Philip Perlman, who worked with him and did a lot of technical writing at the time, writing the manuals for many of the audio kits back then.
best,
/* Phil */