WWW.af4k.com/audio_BS.HTML<br>Enjoy<br><br><br>----- Reply message -----<br>From: "Al Parker" <anchor@ec.rr.com><br>To: "john" <johnmb@nc.rr.com><br>Cc: <boatanchors@puck.nether.net><br>Subject: [Boatanchors] Antique Electronic Supply joins the dark side...<br>Date: Tue, Jun 14, 2011 7:00 pm<br><br><br>Ooooohhh - "Merchandising" -- and to think, some people go to college to learn about writing that stuff!<br><br>Al, W8UT<br>www.boatanchors.org<br>www.hammarlund.info<br><br>"There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much<br>worth doing as simply messing about in boats"<br>Ratty, to Mole<br><br>On 6/14/2011 6:14 PM, john wrote:<br>> I received AES's catalogette today and was somewhat dismayed to find the<br>> following gobbledegoop:<br>><br>> In regards "Sunrise Tubes" version of the 12AX7<br>><br>> " The larger bottle gives this tube a ful rich tone".<br>><br>> Fascinating!<br>><br>> Later the astute reader will learn that the "100% larger than typical<br>> metallized film capacitors... provide a dramatic improvement in clarity<br>> focus and dynamics". Never mind my boatanchors, my wife will order some<br>> for *me* , since the "benefits will be immediately discernable". Similar<br>> caps in the tweeter circuit (the boatanchors, not mine) will "reveal<br>> additional detail and nuance".<br>><br>> While I realize marketing is king, it's sad to see the integrity decline<br>> of this once respectable outfit .<br>><br>> John K5MO<br>><br>> _______________________<br>_______________________________________________<br>Boatanchors mailing list<br>Boatanchors@puck.nether.net<br>https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/boatanchors<br>