http://www.audioaficionado.org/viny...its-made-master-vinyl-records.html#post234034
This just boggles the mind.
This just boggles the mind.
The longest and most detailed signature I have ever seen in a forum!
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Steve Williams
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Ivan (Master Lu) is well known for that and his Macintosh gear
That site is nothing more than a social gathering with little if any information disseminated there
That site is nothing more than a social gathering with little if any information disseminated there
I was just passing through it and looked around when I noticed the sig. I think he should be required to wrap that thing in "spoiler tags". What a distraction. I won't be signing up as WBF, Blu-ray.com, Steve Hoffman and CAM are enough for me to satisfy my curiosity.
Love a good social gathering, but don't they have a profile section where folks can list their gear if they want to? Dropping it all in the sig like that is pretty cumbersome. He's got some nice stuff. His "new reference system, had no Mac, though. That's interesting.
Tim
Tim
It's a friendly forum with nice people, and you have everything for all taste. :b
* McIntosh, are those products made by Denon? ...In China?
* McIntosh, are those products made by Denon? ...In China?
McIntosh U.S.A.
Randall started at McIntosh in 1986, as an engineer. He says, even though company ownership has changed multiple times, from domestic to foreign, the core philosophy has not changed: made in the U.S.A.
We asked him, "You have 138 workers. Any factories overseas?"
"No."
"Any jobs overseas?"
"No."
"Anything overseas?"
"Nothing overseas. As long as I'm steering the ship, you will never see it built or manufactured overseas."
"I'm sure you've been told this, but you can certainly make more money if you sent jobs overseas."
"Sure. Absolutely," Randall told us. "But my quality will suffer. And I won't allow that to happen."
That quality can be seen in the company's longevity.
"People always say, 'How long does our stuff last?'" Chuck Hinton, another McIntosh employee, told us. "We don't know how long they last. We've only been making them for 63 years."
Hinton spent twenty years waiting for a job opening at McIntosh. He says he hopes it's the last job he ever has.
"We love what we make and we think it's the greatest thing," Hinton says. "And if you guys like it too, great. Buy it."
McIntosh has made about a million pieces of equipment since 1949. They estimate that three-quarters of that gear is still in use. McIntosh products are so coveted by collectors, they often re-sold, after decades, for five or six times their original sale price.
Focused on the long haul, the company has long shunned publicity aimed at short-term gain. For decades, they refused to advertise. They wouldn't even submit equipment for review.
Randall started at McIntosh in 1986, as an engineer. He says, even though company ownership has changed multiple times, from domestic to foreign, the core philosophy has not changed: made in the U.S.A.
We asked him, "You have 138 workers. Any factories overseas?"
"No."
"Any jobs overseas?"
"No."
"Anything overseas?"
"Nothing overseas. As long as I'm steering the ship, you will never see it built or manufactured overseas."
"I'm sure you've been told this, but you can certainly make more money if you sent jobs overseas."
"Sure. Absolutely," Randall told us. "But my quality will suffer. And I won't allow that to happen."
That quality can be seen in the company's longevity.
"People always say, 'How long does our stuff last?'" Chuck Hinton, another McIntosh employee, told us. "We don't know how long they last. We've only been making them for 63 years."
Hinton spent twenty years waiting for a job opening at McIntosh. He says he hopes it's the last job he ever has.
"We love what we make and we think it's the greatest thing," Hinton says. "And if you guys like it too, great. Buy it."
McIntosh has made about a million pieces of equipment since 1949. They estimate that three-quarters of that gear is still in use. McIntosh products are so coveted by collectors, they often re-sold, after decades, for five or six times their original sale price.
Focused on the long haul, the company has long shunned publicity aimed at short-term gain. For decades, they refused to advertise. They wouldn't even submit equipment for review.
It's a friendly forum with nice people, and you have everything for all taste. :b
* McIntosh, are those products made by Denon? ...In China?
Some members here seem to have more of a presence over at AA
But doesn't WBF itself exist in reaction to some aspects of AudioAficionado?
I think most of us founding members came from AVSforum.
Hey, thanx for the info Andre, and congrats on your new Oppo 105. :b
Some members here seem to have more of a presence over at AA
You think so Rob?
...And 'some' still very active over there Jack. ...AudioCircle as well.
Actually AVSForum is incorrect. Many did come from another forum which created apparently tension. Several of those initial defectors were then banned due to bad Karma??
The founding members were originally a bunch of moderators with the assignment of populating certain sections as well as inviting people. Later on we didn't need to do any moderating so we were renamed founding members. Almost all founding members were active in AVS forums, moved to that "other" forum, didn't like the authoritarian style of that forums owner and then went here following Amir and Steve.
I skipped that "other" forum and got here via es347 via Audio Circle albeit I met the majority of founding members at AVS long before.
I skipped that "other" forum and got here via es347 via Audio Circle albeit I met the majority of founding members at AVS long before.
That's how I felt and if you wanted a signature line and PM ability, you need to pay for a membership.
Steve Williams
Site Founder, Site Co-Owner, Administrator
I didn't, but I think you're right nonetheless. I came at the invite of Rich, whom I met over at Blu-ray.com. I was pretty active in their music/vinyl/2Ch section (still am), but it didn't and doesn't satisfy all of my interests in those areas. WBF did and does. It's a nice balance for me...I love both sites.
-- Just for info sake; did you guys know that one of our members here is the original founder of AVS Forum?
...He started his original idea planning back in 1996. ...And Dave Abbott joined him in 1998.
...He started his original idea planning back in 1996. ...And Dave Abbott joined him in 1998.
I will participate on any forum that will respect me as i respect them, whe all have opinions whe should learn to communicate them respectfully, plain and simple.
I thought the post was referring to the signature of the individual who started AA, which was the OP.
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