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Atma-sphere Updates

As some of you know I have had a few pieces of equipment updated by the Atma-Sphere Crew. I picked them up on the used market. Otherwise, I’d never be able to afford such quality gear.  First would like to say I have never seen a company in which it’s employees take so much pride in their work.  Hats off to Ralph and everyone at Atma-Sphere. Best CS I’ve ever had with any company. And I do mean ever...
   Secondly I have had a pair of M60’s 3.0, and a pair of MA-1’s 3.1 updated to 3.3 versions. Also had Adam Hot Rod my UV-1 to the Hottest UV-1 ever built. A couple friends had MP-3’s updated to 3.3 status also. In each case of the Amps and MP-3’s they came back like a completely different piece of gear.  The updates  are such a difference it’s hard to believe it’s the same piece I dropped off.  The UV-1 was a big difference but not as dramatic. But it is a very simple bare bones circuit.  I would strongly suggest if anyone hasn’t updated to the current model 3.3 you really should. You will not be disappointed in anyway. Especially on the Amps, incredible. Also Ralph gives you a brand new 3 year warranty when you update. Pretty hard to beat that. It’s like having a new system. 
  Simply put the 3.3 update is incredible. Everything sonically is improved. Which makes for a dramatic presentation upgrade. Ralph took great pieces of gear and made them incredibly better. His 3.3 update was the biggest advancement I think he’s had in my opinion.  My MA-1’s will be my forever amps. Now I dream of owning an MP-3. 

Atma-sphere fanboy I am self admitted.... lol
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And if they were reasonable why did Atmasphere delete many of the worst ones himself [which he said he had done]
@jtgofish 

This statement is incorrect. I've yet to delete any of my posts and stand by them. You are also mistaken about my intent.


Are you saying that the glues used are of a similar high tech nature used in the product in question?
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@jtgofish 
Oh- that was from the thread I was originally thinking of when you first posted.


Again,
I saw photos online of a product that was held together with hot melt glue internally and commented on it. Such a product when dropped in shipment or the like can easily become a shock and fire hazard. Anyone would be remiss to not comment on something like that, nor (as I later discovered) was I the only one to do so by any means!






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If memory serves @jtgofish  is referring to a thread that was started by Roger Modjeski. On that thread Roger made some comments that required correction of fact. Any thread on a site like this is a public interaction; 'intrusion' simply isn't a thing. He didn't like it when I was the one to offer the corrections. I didn't like doing that either, but some of his comments were so far off the mark that I found myself puzzled as to why he made them. I've always had respect for Roger and he's always made good products- proof therefore that he knew what he was doing. This made his comments all the more mysterious to me. 
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Atmasphere you know very well the comments I am alluding to.
The only time I can think of was when I saw photos of a product that was held together with hot melt glue internally and commented on it. Such a product when dropped in shipment or the like can easily become a shock and fire hazard. Anyone would be remiss to not comment on something like that, nor (as I later discovered) was I the only one to do so by any means! Its hard to see how such a product could be viewed as a threat. So, no, I don't know to that which you allude. 
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Regardless of the general quality or sound quality of the Atmasphere products I would not touch the stuff because Atmasphere seems to feel it is necessary to denigrate perceived competitors on this forum in a manner which could easily be seen as malicious.
@jtgofish Can you point to any of these posts? Believe it or not I specifically avoid this sort of thing; in particular I'm not aware of a company that I perceive as a 'threat'. We do examine market trends to see if we need to respond to them but not individual companies.


Most of my involvement on social media like this site is because I worked for years during and after college servicing consumer electronics. I enjoy troubleshooting so if I do some of that on this site. While I was working in service departments the other thing I learned and enjoy is how to describe technical/engineering concepts into layman's terms. 
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@zipost 

If its that noisy there may be something wrong with it. We've seen a few cases where the constant current source for a given gain stage was able to oscillate; if that happens it can inject noise into the circuit.
So you might want to contact us about this and see what's up.
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