Designs
An early landmark in Boothroyd's career were his cabinet designs for the Lecson AC1 pre-amp and AP1 power amplifier which he produced in 1974. The Lecson hi-fi is now in the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Lecson Audio System was selected as one of the important representations of British technological and design innovation to have taken place between two London-hosted Olympic Games.
When the BBC wanted to brand a computer, as part of its Computer Literacy Project in 1981, he designed the BBC Micro in a few days.
Pioneer commissioned Boothroyd to produce a unique appearance for its new surround-sound speaker system. His design was used in the Pioneer Elite Reference speaker system.
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