Baron Timothy de Paravicini (25 October 1945 – 17 December 2020) was an English electronics engineer and designer.

Biography

He was brought to England for his education, which culminated in his receiving a degree in electrical engineering. After finishing his degree, he moved to

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(South Africa). He worked there as a consultant to hi-fi stores, ran a factory building transformers and amplifiers, built PA systems for rock groups and worked for recording studios.
He moved to Japan at the end of 1972 to work as an engineer for

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. He developed (among other components) the Luxman C1000 preamp, the M4000 and M6000 power amplifiers, and the MQ-3600 tube power amplifier. In 1977, he moved back to the UK and founded EAR Yoshino (EAR for Esoteric Audio Research). He consulted for a number of Hi-Fi Manufacturers that include

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and Musical Fidelity. He had involvement with the professional recording industry, designing custom equipment and consulted on sound engineering for Astoria studio, Paul Epworth's Church Studio and Mobile Fidelity's mastering studio. He died of

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1945 births 2020 deaths English audio engineers {{UK-engineer-stub