[TenTec] Looks like company is fading away

[Jim Brown]

On Sun,1/25/2015 10:41 AM, Robert P. Santella wrote:
>   now they dropped the Centurion Amps

Alpha is primarily a power amp company, with a great reputation for high 
quality and high prices, but the company has changed hands several times 
over the years. The Centurion competed with the Alpha product line, but 
at a much lower price point. Who knows -- it may show up with the Alpha 
name on it. Or sales may have fallen to the point where it was no longer 
profitable. No one could accuse Ten Tec of being a ball of fire at 
marketing, and from where I sit, Alpha seems not a lot better at it.

Rhetorical question. How many on this list own a Ten Tec Power amp? I 
own four -- three Titans and a Herc II. How many own a different brand 
of power amp? I own two -- an Elecraft KPA500 and an Alpha 1010. When is 
the last time you bought a power amp FROM Tec Tec?  I never have -- all 
have been used.

73, Jim K9YC