Consultancy
During the next few years, several companies approached Ted to advise and undertake development projects for them and it became evident that know-how was a saleable commodity. He formed a design consultancy called Nucleus to take advantage of this.
Such work involved Ted is a wide and diverse range of projects such as: the use of titanium as a cone material, advising on sound absorption in buildings, the development of a phono cartridge using a conductive fluid and pressure devices for use in the medical industry.
Toward the end of this period Ted was commissioned to design and manufacture a complete mid-fi system including a record player, amplifier, tuner and tape player together with a surround sound option.
This included finding premises, setting up a manufacturing facility and hiring and training operatives. This was Ted's first foray into solid-state design but he was a quick learner and followed this with a small separate Hi-Fi class A amplifier.