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From: rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Heathkit Pro-Series being pahsed out?
Message-ID: <806@hound.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 14:06:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan  8 14:06:04 1985
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I,for one, won't cry a bit (well, maybe a little bit) if Heathkit
as a whole is phased out.  I speak as one who years ago built dozens
of heathkits and still have many moldering away in my basement.
In my humble but firm opinion it has been literally decades since
heathkits were worth a damn on a cost/performance basis. The costs
went sky high and the performance went to hell, but the advertising
improved apace. 
Off hand I recall:
The audio mixer whose power supply was designed as a giant amplifier
for a noise generator.
The Audio sweep generator advertised to cover "3 decades" that wouldn't.
The color tv with a focus system that didn't.
Despite such boobles, I only swore off them for good when it became
possible to buy better for much less. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi.

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