rsf507; Feel free to call Ralph and ask him what was done......Then you can contact me if you would like to purchase it.........I also have a pair of the matching gold m-50 amps...... |
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this great thread will push me towards purchasing anything Ralph makes !!!!!!
bravo Ralph
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"Great Thread" ??? And what does that mean ???
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@autospec has a history of trashing (attempting) the reputation of manufactures when he does not get exactly what he wants. He puts himself out there as a competent amateur technician, but does not know how to wire a simple xlr plug. Just check his forum post history. Both Mat Weisfeld of VPI and now Ralph of Atma-sphere have attempted to help him out with respect to a legacy product and autospec is completely unappreciative of their efforts. If he does not get exactly what he wants, even if it is unavailable, he always threatens to sell off said manufacture's equipment. Still have not seen any of his VPI tables for sale... LOL
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Well, At least Will Kept his word, He has his MP-1, the M-50's and the UV-1 for sale on another site. He says an S model coming soon.
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FWIW, yesterday I discovered that my employee that builds the UV-1s had taken interior photos of the early handwired units on his phone. The photos were clear enough to suss out the layout, so I sent one to Will.
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Gosh Ralph, you are too nice.
Bob |
And,
Let's make American Threads Great Again!
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Yeah, Ralph, you are being too nice. The OP represented himself poorly. #greatthread
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Too nice and too late. Autospec has already made up his mind he's done with Atma-Sphere, and listed that beautiful champagne faceplate pre-amp. Damn I wish I had a spare ten grand! |
I started this tread hoping to purchase a schematic, I wanted nothing else but a schematic......I offered to pay for it....A very simple request ....Do you see what you get with a group of uninformed people, who bring nothing to the table.....There has been little good input.......Just a bunch of old ladies pushing something around.....Mr testpilot has never bought or sold anything on Audiogon, so what would he know about any of this.....It is a poor place to search for help on a problem......If Ralph would have said I don't have a diagram in the first place....I wouldn't have push him for it.......If he would have said we used a printed circuit , that would have been fine....but that didn't happen and nobody offered to sell me one......There are too many big egos and not a enough of the real stuff that makes this a fun hobby......I don't need any equipment that creates hard feeling with me or the builder.....That's why its for sale.....Try and find a way to help a problem and maybe the results will be better......All I wanted was a schematic, that I was willing to pay for......Thanks for none of it.........Will |
As usual, Ralph is the epitome of class and helpfulness.
Unfortunately the same can’t be said for some others around here.
Best regards,
-- Al
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I also see that most of you folks that have opinions about other peoples purchased haven't spent the first dime on Audiogon buying anything......All you have is opinions...... |
I have purchased many thousands of $$$ worth of stuff here, and do find your tirade uncalled for and ugly. Just my opinion of course. Yes, I do have an opinion, as you say, as do you. We may differ about things, but not about that. By the way I thought you said a while back you were finished with this tirade. What happened????
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It's a bit sad to see where this thread went...
Things sometimes go sideways. That's life, yes? But hopefully, with a bit of road between now and what's ahead, things will get back to good.
Obviously, Ralph's a good guy and a valuable member of the community. However, Will Vincent (autospec) IS AS WELL. Almost anyone familiar with this beautiful Dynaco ST70 restorations / retromods and other work would agree
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@trelja Agreed. Will's work looks great and he deserves respect for his contribution to the audioplile community. Sometimes what folks mean fails to come across in text. Peace out.
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Treija and noromance Thank You Will
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I read through the whole thread again.
I understand where autospec is coming from. He is apparently quite technically adept with tube amps and wanted a schematic to do some work himself. Unfortunately there is none. So Ralph tried to provide the info needed which was very considerate. I can understand why a technical guy wants a blueprint in writing in order to do things right. Its a best practice in engineering in general when the goal is to share technical information with others. However a vendor is under no obligation to have or provide that to others. Were they authorized to do service on the product then definitely but that is not the case here.
That does not mean autospec has to live with that situation. Since it matters to him, sellng the gear is a perfectly good outcome given the circumstance. If a product does not have the feature you need then that is that.
So no bad guys in this story I’d say. It is what it is. I did get the impression autospec may have felt ganged up on but I don’t think that was the intention of most. Atmasphere has earned a lot of respect here over the years and you can’t buy that. |
Well then
now that is settled
planets back in alignment
except for that pesky Tesla
sure hope Elon put a schematic in the glove box before lighting the fuse on the rocket....
i will I’ll say this IMO buying or selling here and in what $$$ volume does not confer worth ..... your actual mileage may vary
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I think you are out of line asking for Atma's intellectual property and R&D laid out for you . That would be like me asking C-J to send me all the values and part numbers to populate the board and make it a Classic preamp with phono. I can send it to them and they will happily upgrade it , for about the price difference between line stage only and one with phono.
I repair medical equipment, often times we can't get board level schematics or B.O.M. , often times part numbers are obliterated or painted over.....want it fixed? It goes back to the manufacturer. That is their "property" and revenue stream.
Also lame of you to air this on a forum that Ralph frequents and contributes to..... |
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Old post but I couldn't help but chip in. Perhaps OP should stick to reparing TV instead of audio stuffs. Comparing TV with audio stuffs is a very biased view. Are you saying Ralph sells more of his audio stuffs vs any brand of TV worldwide?
The more I read this post, I feel like OP is just acting like a crying baby. Daddy can not buy you that candy and all you can do is rolling over the floor, smashing all your other toys. |
I feel autospec offers a reasonable product, with his Dynaco 70 rebuilds, although, I would not buy one myself. As someone mentioned above, autospec is a big crybaby, as, if he does not get what he wants, he goes public with his bantering, and tries to bring somebody down, in the interim. Very unprofessional. Likely, he was a very spoiled child, and, still is. I am sorry for this post, but needed to say it. Enjoy ! MrD. |
It could be, assuming autspecs competence and knowing Ralphs, that these 2 speak different technical dialects. I will say that sometimes Ralph wants to answer a question with a how and why response. Explaining and justifying his design choices to others which is very common among designers who are proud of their children, Most likely some breakdown in communication with a slight over reaction due to frustration on the part of autospec. |
I think at this point you might be being too hard on Will. I understand the frustration but ultimately he had us set up his preamp with the phono section and he seemed pleased with the results at the time. He posted as such over on AudioAsylum.com. Even though the preamp is intended to be less expensive, we do pride ourselves on our work and IIRC Will made a point about mentioning that in his post.
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Will, based on other posts of his, shows this common behavior. I feel justified in my comment, as, I have nothing personal against him. But, high end audio, is an adult hobby, and should be handled as such. I also want to point out, that Will is not alone in this behavior, as I have read, and personally witnessed, such behavior in others. |
