[Boatanchors] Antique Electronic Supply joins the dark side...

[van wd8aam]

At 23:07 6/14/2011, bcarling at cfl.rr.com wrote:
>WWW.af4k.com/audio_BS.HTML
>Enjoy


http://www.af4k.com/audio_BS.HTM

This URL will get you there.
van
wd8aam





>----- Reply message -----
>From: "Al Parker" <anchor at ec.rr.com>
>To: "john" <johnmb at nc.rr.com>
>Cc: <boatanchors at puck.nether.net>
>Subject: [Boatanchors] Antique Electronic Supply joins the dark side...
>Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2011 7:00 pm
>
>
>Ooooohhh - "Merchandising"  -- and to think, some people go to 
>college to learn about writing that stuff!
>
>Al, W8UT
>www.boatanchors.org
>www.hammarlund.info
>
>"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
>worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
>Ratty, to Mole
>
>On 6/14/2011 6:14 PM, john wrote:
> > I received AES's catalogette today and was somewhat dismayed to find the
> > following gobbledegoop:
> >
> > In regards "Sunrise Tubes" version of the 12AX7
> >
> > " The larger bottle gives this tube a ful rich tone".
> >
> > Fascinating!
> >
> > Later the astute reader will learn that the "100% larger than typical
> > metallized film capacitors... provide a dramatic improvement in clarity
> > focus and dynamics". Never mind my boatanchors, my wife will order some
> > for *me* , since the "benefits will be immediately discernable". Similar
> > caps in the tweeter circuit (the boatanchors, not mine) will "reveal
> > additional detail and nuance".
> >
> > While I realize marketing is king, it's sad to see the integrity decline
> > of this once respectable outfit .
> >
> > John K5MO
> >
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