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Well, so much for Rick and the ESS crew. Pretty cool diggin' up ye ol' Melvin thread though. I didn't know he lived in St. Louis...I was just there. I'd have stopped by the sanitorium and said "whattup".
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Just finished readin' through the thread....Man, I need a beer! How 'bout you, Stick Man?
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Small World
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Really interesting stories, Emaidel. I use to go to the Lafayette store in Jamaica,Queens in the late 50s and 60s. It was a mad house on a Saturday. Pretty busy during the week too. A tremendous inventory of all kinds of electronics too boot. I thought that the reason they might have gone out of business was the way they tried to spread them selves around the country which seemed haphazard in camparison to Radio Shack.with just too many "associate stores" rather than real live branch stores.
I grew up in Jamaica Queens. From my window in "The 40 Projects" (named for P.S. 40) I could see the red neon Lafayette Sign some blocks away. Lafayettes catallouge along with J.C. Whitney's were the high points of the year for me. I miss the place terribly. Wondered what happened to them... had they stayed around long enough they might have ridden the PC catalog boom into the next century... Sad.
Da Worfster
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Just finished readin' through the thread....Man, I need a beer! How 'bout you, Stick Man?
Well, it's a little early in the morning...and there's about a foot and a half of snow with more to come...so why not? You buyin' ?
Actually, I felt this thread had some of my finer moments from a jackassery perspective.
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Geez
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Originally Posted by bobsticks
Well, it's a little early in the morning...and there's about a foot and a half of snow with more to come...so why not? You buyin' ?
Actually, I felt this thread had some of my finer moments from a jackassery perspective.
And people think government is incompotent. :rolleyes:
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The jackassery was certainly rampant, LOL! Geeze, shame that "melvin" isn't around anymore. Lawsamussy!
Geeze, Worfster, that's an old stompin' gound of my own. Usta live out in (Not so) Great Neck at one time. One o' my best friends is a perfesser at St. Johns! Small, small world...
Yeah, feanor: You mean Neocompetent, don't you?
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And people think government is incompotent. :rolleyes:
Yeah, because I was serious.
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Accuphase longevity
I have owned my Accuphase T101 tuner since 1983. It has been in for repair once. It has otherwise performed superbly. Here in Phila when WRTI used to go off the air it would routinely pick up a station broadcasting from Washington DC that also broadcasted at 90.1. It sounds better than just about everything I've ever heard with the exception of Marantz 10B's, Sequerra's and the like.
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Originally Posted by melvin walker
As for as Consumers Reports is concerned , what publication or source offers better informed test than Consumers Reports ? It has no advertising.
There were many test reports of a singe audio component , the consumer compared the reports , this helped the consumer in making an informed decision. There was test reports made by over a dozen magazines , some European.
I agree it is better to check with one's ears. But very seldom can one check most of the audio gear that is sold. Where would you go ? How long will it last ? Magazines while not perfect is a great help.
I remember seeing your website several years ago , but it has changed. There are some members yourself included who try very hard to inform others of the history of audio.
There are others ,it appears many who couldn't care less.
Keep trying , Rome wasn't built in one day.
Consumers Report tested a Porsche 911 years ago and gave it a bad review because it couldn't hold enough grocery bags in the trunk.
If I'm buying a washing machine I'll check Consumers Review. Anything of any kind of enthusiast's nature is not served well by Consumers Report. Checking their audio equipment reviews will support what I'm saying.
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Consumers Report tested a Porsche 911 years ago and gave it a bad review because it couldn't hold enough grocery bags in the trunk.
If I'm buying a washing machine I'll check Consumers Review. Anything of any kind of enthusiast's nature is not served well by Consumers Report. Checking their audio equipment reviews will support what I'm saying.
I agree, Bose comes out on top in CR. But you may want to check the date on Melvin's post. Doubt he'll see your response.
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Uh.....CR pans a sportscar because of a grocery incapacity....What's wrong with this picture?
Houston, we have a problem!
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