Leak 2000 (1970)

Name: Leak 2000
Brand: Leak

The Leak 2000 is a solid-state AM/FM tuner-amplifier, introduced in 1970 and made in England. It pointed toward the solid-state future, but Leak kept its usual understatement: a walnut case, a clean front panel, and a four-gang FM tuner section fed by its own separate transformer.

Documentation on the 2000 is thin, and what survives sometimes conflicts. The most commonly cited figures are power output around 35 watts per channel RMS (one source gives a broader 10-35W range), frequency response from 15Hz to 55kHz (one source gives a narrower 30Hz to 30kHz range), and distortion rated at 0.1% at 10W. The FM tuner section uses four gangs with a sensitivity of 1µV for 26dB S/N. The receiver covers MW and SW bands alongside FM.

The original price was £99. A modern collector might expect to pay $300-$500 for an example today, per one dealer source. The example photographed for that listing carries serial number 21835.

Beyond those basics, the record goes quiet. No dimensions, weight, damping factor, or input configuration are documented in the sources available to us. If you own a 2000 and can fill in any of those gaps, or correct the power-output discrepancy, we'd welcome the input.