Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: High End Audio Companies Folding Message-ID: <896@opus.UUCP> Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 04:52:47 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.896 Posted: Fri Oct 12 04:52:47 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Oct-84 06:42:21 EDT References: <2080@ncrcae.UUCP> Organization: NBI,Inc, Boulder CO Lines: 23 > 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.