John A. Westlake
Encyclopedia
John Alexander Westlake (born July 1970) – a Hi Fi
designer of British
& Czech
origin. Westlake started his Hi Fi
career in his early twenties while working for a Hi Fi
company Pink Triangle. He designed the Pink Triangle DaCapo digital to analog converter in 1995. He then moved on working for Cambridge Audio
, designing many of their award winning products - Cambridge Audio DACMagic digital to analog converter, CD4, CD4SE, CD6, DAC 123, ISO Magic etc. He has also been working with semiconductor
companies that patent some of his technologies: UK patent on Feedback controller for PWM amplifier, International patent
on a signal processing
circuit. John Westlake is known for his work on Class D amplifier technology. In 2008, after years of research and working for semiconductor
companies, he started his own company - Lakewest Audio & returned to designing Hi Fi
products. He is the designer behind the Peachtree Audio Nova D / A integrated amplifier
that was voted a Budget Product of the Year 2009 by Stereophile magazine
. Peachtree Decco2 integrated amplifier
& the Peachtree iDecco – Tube
Hybrid Integrated Amp with “Pure Digital” iPod
Dock. His recent designs include the Audiolab
8200 CD player – an award winning Best Product of the Year 2010 & Best Product of the Year 2011 by What HiFi Sound & Vision magazine
. Followed by Audiolab
8200CDQ – all in one CD player
, DAC
and pre-amplifier. His latest addition to the Audiolab
brand is the M-DAC, a new standalone D/A converter - voted a Best Product of the Year 2011 by What HiFi Sound & Vision magazine
.
M-Dac D/A converter - What HiFi sound & Vision
Product of The Year 2011
Audiolab
8200 CD player - What HiFi sound & Vision
Product of The Year 2010 and What HiFi sound & Vision
Product of The Year 2011
Audiolab
8200 CDQ - CD player, DAC & preamplifier
Nova Peachtree Audio D / A integrated amplifier - Stereophile
Budget Product of The Year 2009
Decco 2 Peachtree Audio - integrated Amplifier
iDecco Peachtree Audio- Tube Hybrid Integrated Amp with “Pure Digital” iPod Dock
DACMagic Cambridge Audio
CD4 Cambridge Audio
CD4SE Cambridge Audio
CD6 Cambridge Audio
DAC 1, 2, 3 Cambridge Audio
ISO MAgic Cambridge Audio
DaCapo Pink Triangle
Ordinal Pink Triangle
Cardinal Pink Triangle
International Patent 7046080 on “A Signal Processing Circuit”
High fidelity
High fidelity—or hi-fi—reproduction is a term used by home stereo listeners and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound or images, to distinguish it from the poorer quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment...
designer of British
British people
The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...
& Czech
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
origin. Westlake started his Hi Fi
High fidelity
High fidelity—or hi-fi—reproduction is a term used by home stereo listeners and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound or images, to distinguish it from the poorer quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment...
career in his early twenties while working for a Hi Fi
High fidelity
High fidelity—or hi-fi—reproduction is a term used by home stereo listeners and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound or images, to distinguish it from the poorer quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment...
company Pink Triangle. He designed the Pink Triangle DaCapo digital to analog converter in 1995. He then moved on working for Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio is a brand acquired in 1994 by Audio Partnership Plc and is used on a range of hi-fi, home cinema and multi-room products. The original Cambridge Audio company was founded in 1968 and was primarily known for its range of amplifiers and tuners, many of which featured novel technical...
, designing many of their award winning products - Cambridge Audio DACMagic digital to analog converter, CD4, CD4SE, CD6, DAC 123, ISO Magic etc. He has also been working with semiconductor
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
companies that patent some of his technologies: UK patent on Feedback controller for PWM amplifier, International patent
International Patent Classification
The International Patent Classification is a hierarchical patent classification system created under the Strasbourg Agreement and updated on a regular basis by a Committee of Experts, consisting of representatives of the Contracting States of that Agreement with observers from other...
on a signal processing
Signal processing
Signal processing is an area of systems engineering, electrical engineering and applied mathematics that deals with operations on or analysis of signals, in either discrete or continuous time...
circuit. John Westlake is known for his work on Class D amplifier technology. In 2008, after years of research and working for semiconductor
Semiconductor
A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity due to electron flow intermediate in magnitude between that of a conductor and an insulator. This means a conductivity roughly in the range of 103 to 10−8 siemens per centimeter...
companies, he started his own company - Lakewest Audio & returned to designing Hi Fi
High fidelity
High fidelity—or hi-fi—reproduction is a term used by home stereo listeners and home audio enthusiasts to refer to high-quality reproduction of sound or images, to distinguish it from the poorer quality sound produced by inexpensive audio equipment...
products. He is the designer behind the Peachtree Audio Nova D / A integrated amplifier
Digital-to-analog converter
In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter is a device that converts a digital code to an analog signal . An analog-to-digital converter performs the reverse operation...
that was voted a Budget Product of the Year 2009 by Stereophile magazine
Stereophile
Stereophile is a monthly magazine that focuses on high end audio equipment, such as loudspeakers and amplifiers, and audio-related news, such as online audio streaming. It was founded in 1962 by J. Gordon Holt....
. Peachtree Decco2 integrated amplifier
Integrated amplifier
An integrated amplifier is an electronic device containing an audio preamplifier and power amplifier in one unit, as opposed to separating the two. Most modern audio amplifiers are integrated and have several inputs for devices such as CD players, DVD players, and auxiliary sources...
& the Peachtree iDecco – Tube
Valve amplifier
A valve amplifier or tube amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that makes use of vacuum tubes to increase the power and/or amplitude of a signal. Low to medium power valve amplifiers for frequencies below the microwaves were largely replaced by solid state amplifiers during the 1960s and...
Hybrid Integrated Amp with “Pure Digital” iPod
IPod
iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle...
Dock. His recent designs include the Audiolab
Audiolab
Audiolab is a British manufacturer of audio equipment. It specializes in affordable systems and has a range of stereo and surround sound systems.- History :...
8200 CD player – an award winning Best Product of the Year 2010 & Best Product of the Year 2011 by What HiFi Sound & Vision magazine
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision is a monthly magazine and published by Haymarket Consumer Media. It features articles on hi-fi, home cinema, television, video games, sound, computers and gadgets...
. Followed by Audiolab
Audiolab
Audiolab is a British manufacturer of audio equipment. It specializes in affordable systems and has a range of stereo and surround sound systems.- History :...
8200CDQ – all in one CD player
Compact disc player
A Compact Disc player , or CD player, is an electronic device that plays audio Compact Discs. CD players are often a part of home stereo systems, car audio systems, and personal computers. They are also manufactured as portable devices...
, DAC
Digital-to-analog converter
In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter is a device that converts a digital code to an analog signal . An analog-to-digital converter performs the reverse operation...
and pre-amplifier. His latest addition to the Audiolab
Audiolab
Audiolab is a British manufacturer of audio equipment. It specializes in affordable systems and has a range of stereo and surround sound systems.- History :...
brand is the M-DAC, a new standalone D/A converter - voted a Best Product of the Year 2011 by What HiFi Sound & Vision magazine
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision is a monthly magazine and published by Haymarket Consumer Media. It features articles on hi-fi, home cinema, television, video games, sound, computers and gadgets...
.
John Westlake Hi Fi Designs
AudiolabAudiolab
Audiolab is a British manufacturer of audio equipment. It specializes in affordable systems and has a range of stereo and surround sound systems.- History :...
M-Dac D/A converter - What HiFi sound & Vision
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision is a monthly magazine and published by Haymarket Consumer Media. It features articles on hi-fi, home cinema, television, video games, sound, computers and gadgets...
Product of The Year 2011
Audiolab
Audiolab
Audiolab is a British manufacturer of audio equipment. It specializes in affordable systems and has a range of stereo and surround sound systems.- History :...
8200 CD player - What HiFi sound & Vision
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision is a monthly magazine and published by Haymarket Consumer Media. It features articles on hi-fi, home cinema, television, video games, sound, computers and gadgets...
Product of The Year 2010 and What HiFi sound & Vision
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision
What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision is a monthly magazine and published by Haymarket Consumer Media. It features articles on hi-fi, home cinema, television, video games, sound, computers and gadgets...
Product of The Year 2011
Audiolab
Audiolab
Audiolab is a British manufacturer of audio equipment. It specializes in affordable systems and has a range of stereo and surround sound systems.- History :...
8200 CDQ - CD player, DAC & preamplifier
Nova Peachtree Audio D / A integrated amplifier - Stereophile
Stereophile
Stereophile is a monthly magazine that focuses on high end audio equipment, such as loudspeakers and amplifiers, and audio-related news, such as online audio streaming. It was founded in 1962 by J. Gordon Holt....
Budget Product of The Year 2009
Decco 2 Peachtree Audio - integrated Amplifier
iDecco Peachtree Audio- Tube Hybrid Integrated Amp with “Pure Digital” iPod Dock
DACMagic Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio is a brand acquired in 1994 by Audio Partnership Plc and is used on a range of hi-fi, home cinema and multi-room products. The original Cambridge Audio company was founded in 1968 and was primarily known for its range of amplifiers and tuners, many of which featured novel technical...
CD4 Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio is a brand acquired in 1994 by Audio Partnership Plc and is used on a range of hi-fi, home cinema and multi-room products. The original Cambridge Audio company was founded in 1968 and was primarily known for its range of amplifiers and tuners, many of which featured novel technical...
CD4SE Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio is a brand acquired in 1994 by Audio Partnership Plc and is used on a range of hi-fi, home cinema and multi-room products. The original Cambridge Audio company was founded in 1968 and was primarily known for its range of amplifiers and tuners, many of which featured novel technical...
CD6 Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio is a brand acquired in 1994 by Audio Partnership Plc and is used on a range of hi-fi, home cinema and multi-room products. The original Cambridge Audio company was founded in 1968 and was primarily known for its range of amplifiers and tuners, many of which featured novel technical...
DAC 1, 2, 3 Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio is a brand acquired in 1994 by Audio Partnership Plc and is used on a range of hi-fi, home cinema and multi-room products. The original Cambridge Audio company was founded in 1968 and was primarily known for its range of amplifiers and tuners, many of which featured novel technical...
ISO MAgic Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio
Cambridge Audio is a brand acquired in 1994 by Audio Partnership Plc and is used on a range of hi-fi, home cinema and multi-room products. The original Cambridge Audio company was founded in 1968 and was primarily known for its range of amplifiers and tuners, many of which featured novel technical...
DaCapo Pink Triangle
Ordinal Pink Triangle
Cardinal Pink Triangle
Patents
UK Patent 65135GB on “Feedback Controller for PWM Amplifier”International Patent 7046080 on “A Signal Processing Circuit”