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3 unusual facts about Arthur Haddy


Arthur Haddy

His work as Technical Director of the Decca Record Company Ltd. caused him to be nicknamed "the father of hi-fi".

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He became an apprentice with the radio equipment manufacturers C. F. Elwell Ltd, and moved to the Western Electric Company as a junior employee.

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Although the company was based at Tonbridge in Kent, Crystalate made many of its recordings at the acoustically excellent town hall of West Hampstead in north west London.



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