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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: High End Audio Companies Folding
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 04:52:47 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 04:52:47 1984
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> 	Heard rumors (reliable sources) this week that several "high 
> end" audio companies have shut their doors, or are in the process
> of doing so.

(Mentioned Acoustat, Oracle, Levinson, McIntosh, Snell.)

I've tried to get some information out of Apt (a couple of months ago) and
had no luck:  When I called, the person who could help me was not in but
would call me back--he never did.  They have a paper which would answer
some of my questions--but they never managed to send it.  Mail is
unanswered.  Is Apt in its death throes as well?  (Anyone back east know
what's up?)  I mentioned this in mail to someone; he told me that Tom
Holman had left Apt for greener pastures (LucasFilms).  What's the truth
behind all this?  I'd be sad to see Apt go, because their preamp (which I
have) is one of the nicest pieces of ->engineering<- (NOT packaging or
marketing) I've seen in quite a while.  I'm not even too worried about
repairs or replacement parts, since they give a complete schematic and a
general theory-of-ops with design criteria as the fine print in the user
manual.  I just hate to see problems with the company that puts it out,
though the indications I have so far aren't very good.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...Relax...don't worry...have a homebrew.