Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxf!parnass From: parnass@ihuxf.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: DAK Message-ID: <2264@ihuxf.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 18:47:34 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxf.2264 Posted: Tue Jun 19 18:47:34 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 05:25:33 EDT References: <1393@decwrl.UUCP>, <76200005@hpfclk.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 32 > I got DAK's Summer Catalog in the mail the other day. Many of the items > look tempting like the Audiometric 440 watt power amplifier for $349. > However I do wonder if all there stuff is really discounted or what. > Who else out there has had experience (good or bad) with DAK? > I also got the DAK catalog but have never bought from them. To try and get an idea of how their prices compared with other companies, you might compare: o+ their "Thought Compressor Plus" Soundpace C-5 tape recorder ($129 + $4 p/h fee) with the Radio Shack ver- sion VSC-1000 ($119). o+ their Maxon 49S "Think Speak" VOX-operated walkie talkie ($49.95 + $3 p/h fee) with the same unit from National Tower Company, in Shawnee Mission, Kansas ($39.95). Oh yes, DAK's claim is amusing: "The system operates on 49 MHz band using FM, so you shouldn't be bothered by any other radio transmissions, as you are with CBs and Walkie Talkies." Actually, these frequencies are shared by other walkie talkies, toy remote control cars, and CORDLESS TELEPHONES! Nice catalog, but shop around. -- ========================================================================== Bob Parnass, AT&T Bell Laboratories - ihnp4!ihuxf!parnass - (312)979-5414