[Amps] Wrong Business

[R.Measures]

On Aug 5, 2005, at 6:31 AM, Floyd Sense wrote:

> Indeed.  Others arrived at the same conclusion years earlier.  Ever 
> wonder
> what happened to Dennis Had (formerly K8KXK), founder of Dentron and
> Ameritron ?  After leaving the amateur radio business, he started a 
> small
> company that specialized in building tube-based audio amplifiers.  
> Here's
> the link to his website for Cary Audio:
> www.caryaudio.com
>
> Several years ago I visited his manufacturing site and he gave me a 
> tour of
> the facility.  On the loading dock were a couple of pallets of 
> high-end tube
> amplifiers, bound for Japan.  In reality, I think there's little 
> difference
> between the buyers of that gear and the guys who buy the most 
> expensive ham
> gear available.  It's just a bigger market and they have a lot more 
> money!
>
The difference is that people who prefer the sound of tubes over FETs 
enjoy hearing more non-linearity, would rather be driving a '57 Bel Air 
than a BMW M3, and they have Way more money than brains.

  A Cadillac salesman once said that some buyers insist on paying 
full-tilt sticker price just to prove to the world that they have made 
it.

> 73, K8AC
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Will Matney" <craxd1 at verizon.net>
> To: <amps at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 5:51 AM
> Subject: [Amps] Wrong Business
>
>
>> Folks, I am definately in the wrong business. I was doing some 
>> research on
>> audio transformers over a discusstion I had with another membor of 
>> this
>> mailer a while back. Oh yea, Rich those windings I spoke about are 
>> called
>> interleaved windings. Anyhow, while reading about them at sevral 
>> places
>> using google as the search, I came across the website below. I knew I 
>> was
>> in the wrong business as look at the audio amp and the price! The 
>> website
>> is kind of neet too, especially the toolbar at the top.
>>
>> I swear I'm strongly thinking about building these to sell. I didn't 
>> know
>> there was that many idiots out there who would blow that kind of 
>> money.
>> The only part I'd hate is lying to the customers about all the claims 
>> they
>> have on capacitors and transformers.
>>
>> http://www.vintone.com/clipper.html
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Will
>>
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org