[TenTec] Jupiter Bashing/eHam Reviews

[WA3FIY]

On 29 Apr 2002 at 8:44, Tom Rauch wrote:

> 
> If we stay away from subjective personal opinions and use measured
> data to compare performance, most of the problems vanish.
> 
> Once we get beyond facts and into opinions, much or most of the 
> information is meaningless. This is true for everything from antennas
> to radios. 
> 
Although I agree in part, there are some things about a radio, 
or any other piece of equipment for that matter, that we just 
cannot put into meaningful, measurable specs.  The fianl test 
for a radio is putting it to use in our own particular mission(s) 
and then evaluating how it does.

Years ago I worked at Sherwood Labs in Chicago.  A very 
interesting place I must say but that's material for a different 
reflector.  We were working on our first solid state amplifier, 
the S-9000.  Measured performance on the prototype was 
superior in every way to the tube amps we were producing at 
the time as well as our MacIntosh "lab standard" amp.  
Yet.......in A/B listening tests, the '9000 just did not sound as 
good as the tube amps on certain musical passages.  I left the 
company before the '9000 went into production so I don't 
know the outcome of the matter.  But in that case, everyone 
involved in the project agreed that measurements did not tell 
the whole story. 

It seems to me that both measured and subjective 
observations are useful in evaluating a radio, IF the subjective 
observations are honest and qualified.  I will say again that Ten 
Tec helps us a great deal by allowing us to use a radio for a 
while and then returning it if it does not live up to our 
expectations.  I do not know how anyone can complain about 
Ten Tec stuff if they bought it from the factory with an offer 
like that. 

-73-

-Lee-    Very pleased user of a Pegaus and Jupiter