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In those days, Cr
own was
recognized as a manufactur
er
of home hi-fi
pr
oducts. But the
HV
A Series was intended for
pr
o audio T
ouring and MI, not
for the living r
oom. It was a new
dir
ection for Cr
own.
Cr
own’
s pr
esident at that time,
Max Scholfi
eld, r
ecognized that
Cr
own’
s marketing needed to
be shaken up, so he hir
ed Dr
.
Clay Bar
clay to drive change
in Cr
own’
s marketing and sales
divisions. Clay r
ealized that
the MI and T
ouring industries
needed a pr
oduct like this, and
he sold the idea to Cr
own and
to potential customers.
A 1983 schematic b
y
Ger
ald Stanle
y of the Grounded Br
idge circuit.
