Audio Precision System One Dual Domani Measuirement Systems

[Arny Krueger]

I'm part of group that is readying two Audio Precision System One Dual
Domain measurement systems for market.

The units have exceptional provenance. They were owned by Stereo Review
Magazine and were the personal tools of Julian Hirsch. They still have
Hachette Publications property stickers on them.

Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S magazine operations, like Ziff Davis, and
indeed Stereo Review, are regrettably no more. We obtained these units from
Hachette as surplus items right before they moved their offices in
Manhattan.

According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachette_Filipacchi_Media_U.S. ,
Hachette's US magazine operations were sold off in May, 2010.

The condition of the equipment is excellent. All of the tests I've run
worked the first time. We have them fully operational and attached to
computers running Windows XP. We believe that we have drivers and I/O cards
that will work with even later versions of Windows. The units are a tiny bit
out of calibration. We intend to run 100% of the diagnostics and have them
entirely nominal before sale.

While not SOTA in terms of distortion residuals, AP S1 systems are still
valuable tools for many current applications due to their excellent
interfaces, good performance, and programmability. We intend to sell them as
turnkey systems - unbox what we send you, plug it in, and go!

If you are interested in purchasing this equipment, please contact me at
arnyk at comcast dot net.

 

[Phil Allison]

"Arny Krueger"

I'm part of group that is readying two Audio Precision System One Dual
Domain measurement systems for market.

The units have exceptional provenance. They were owned by Stereo Review
Magazine and were the personal tools of Julian Hirsch. They still have
Hachette Publications property stickers on them.

** Has this unit got more value because of its provenance ?

Anyhow - here's a pic of one:

http://www.nessales.com/ebay/13318/Audio%20Precision%20System%20One%20Optical%20IO%20Pic%20(0).JPG


.... Phil

 

[recursor]

On 12/30/2011 11:21 PM, Phil Allison wrote:

"Arny Krueger"

I'm part of group that is readying two Audio Precision System One Dual
Domain measurement systems for market.

The units have exceptional provenance. They were owned by Stereo Review
Magazine and were the personal tools of Julian Hirsch. They still have
Hachette Publications property stickers on them.


** Has this unit got more value because of its provenance ?

Of course it has, the stickers make it much more accurate...Sheesh,

don't you know anything?

 

[Phil Allison]

"recursor"

Phil Allison wrote:
"Arny Krueger"

I'm part of group that is readying two Audio Precision System One Dual
Domain measurement systems for market.

The units have exceptional provenance. They were owned by Stereo Review
Magazine and were the personal tools of Julian Hirsch. They still have
Hachette Publications property stickers on them.


** Has this unit got more value because of its provenance ?

Of course it has, the stickers make it much more accurate...Sheesh, don't
you know anything?

** I imagined it might be Julian Hirsch's aura and sweaty finger prints
that made the difference.

Bit like a Strat that had once belonged to Jimi Hendrix.



..... Phil

 

[Alan]

In message <DfqdnbP1sJ0Z1mPTnZ2dnUVZ8vmdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, recursor
<recursor@recursor.net> wrote

Of course it has, the stickers make it much more accurate...

but only when used with Russ Andrews cables.
--
Alan
news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

 

[recursor]

On 12/31/2011 10:43 AM, Alan wrote:

In message <DfqdnbP1sJ0Z1mPTnZ2dnUVZ8vmdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, recursor
recursor@recursor.net> wrote

Of course it has, the stickers make it much more accurate...

but only when used with Russ Andrews cables.

Funny you should say that as the little beauties below have been reduced
to *only* Ł1503 and they feature that well known technical enhancement
of orthogonal braid. I've just ordered half a dozen of them, they'll go
well with the Hachette Publications property stickers...in fact fuck it,
they won't just go well, they were made for each other.
http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=2137&customer_id=PAA3122123611657HNNULQPHBZIBBHUY

 

[Alan]

In message <46ednRibWdB-cGPTnZ2dnUVZ8jKdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, recursor
<recursor@recursor.net> wrote

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&p
f_id=2137&customer_id=PAA3122123611657HNNULQPHBZIBBHUY

Check out the Deep Cryo Treatment link on that page
--
Alan
news2009 {at} admac {dot} myzen {dot} co {dot} uk

 

[recursor]

On 12/31/2011 01:47 PM, Alan wrote:

In message <46ednRibWdB-cGPTnZ2dnUVZ8jKdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, recursor
recursor@recursor.net> wrote

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&p
f_id=2137&customer_id=PAA3122123611657HNNULQPHBZIBBHUY


Check out the Deep Cryo Treatment link on that page

LMAO
"Russ’s thoughts in previous issues of our Connected magazine, you’ll
know that he advocates the freezing of CDs to improve their sound quality"

It seems you can fool some of the [rich] people enough of the time to
make a good living selling bollocks.

 

[Woody]

"recursor" <recursor@recursor.net> wrote in message
news:gJednencpZJnimLTnZ2dnUVZ8hSdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk...

On 12/31/2011 01:47 PM, Alan wrote:
In message
46ednRibWdB-cGPTnZ2dnUVZ8jKdnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, recursor
recursor@recursor.net> wrote

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&p
f_id=2137&customer_id=PAA3122123611657HNNULQPHBZIBBHUY


Check out the Deep Cryo Treatment link on that page

LMAO
"Russ’s thoughts in previous issues of our Connected magazine,
you’ll know that he advocates the freezing of CDs to improve
their sound quality"

It seems you can fool some of the [rich] people enough of the
time to make a good living selling bollocks.

I saw a couple in Comet yesterday buying a 1m HDMI cable for Ł45.
You should have heard the drivel the 'knowledgeable' salesperson
was spouting.

The damage that such people can do to the TV industry is........
well, words fail me. Mind you if they are daft enough to spend so
much (and it was by no means the cheapest) rather than Ł4.99 at
B&Q then they deserve it.



--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com

 

[Don Pearce]

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:44:17 -0000, "Woody"
<harrogate3@ntlworld.spam.com> wrote:

I saw a couple in Comet yesterday buying a 1m HDMI cable for Ł45.
You should have heard the drivel the 'knowledgeable' salesperson
was spouting.

The damage that such people can do to the TV industry is........
well, words fail me. Mind you if they are daft enough to spend so
much (and it was by no means the cheapest) rather than Ł4.99 at
B&Q then they deserve it.

I bought an HDMI cable in Tottenham Court Road a couple of months ago.
The bloke wanted 19.95, and I said I wouldn't pay that much. He asked
what I would give, and I held out a fiver. He was perfectly happy with
the trade. I should have offered a quid.

d

 

[John Williamson]

Don Pearce wrote:

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:44:17 -0000, "Woody"
harrogate3@ntlworld.spam.com> wrote:

I saw a couple in Comet yesterday buying a 1m HDMI cable for Ł45.
You should have heard the drivel the 'knowledgeable' salesperson
was spouting.

The damage that such people can do to the TV industry is........
well, words fail me. Mind you if they are daft enough to spend so
much (and it was by no means the cheapest) rather than Ł4.99 at
B&Q then they deserve it.


I bought an HDMI cable in Tottenham Court Road a couple of months ago.
The bloke wanted 19.95, and I said I wouldn't pay that much. He asked
what I would give, and I held out a fiver. He was perfectly happy with
the trade. I should have offered a quid.

He'd still be mnaking a profit, too, more than likely.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

 

[Peter Larsen]

Phil Allison wrote:

Of course it has, the stickers make it much more accurate...Sheesh,
don't you know anything?

** I imagined it might be Julian Hirsch's aura and sweaty finger
prints that made the difference.

There quite possibly is some extra market value because of it. However

Bit like a Strat that had once belonged to Jimi Hendrix.

For audiophile grade measurements use them with this:

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1564&customer_id=PAA3122123611657HNNULQPHBZIBBHUY

mains cable. Many banks ask you to pay for having money stored in their
system and this mains cable will remedy that problem and thus really be a
saving.

O;-)

.... Phil

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

 

[William Sommerwerck]

I bought an HDMI cable in Tottenham Court Road a couple of
months ago. The bloke wanted 19.95, and I said I wouldn't pay
that much. He asked what I would give, and I held out a fiver.
He was perfectly happy with the trade. I should have offered a quid.

My Pioneer Elite Kuro sits some distance from the player. I needed a 20'
HDMI cable. I bought MCM's house-brand cable for about $15. It works
perfectly, as far as I can tell.

 

[Don Pearce]

On Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:47:44 -0800, "William Sommerwerck"
<grizzledgeezer@comcast.net> wrote:

I bought an HDMI cable in Tottenham Court Road a couple of
months ago. The bloke wanted 19.95, and I said I wouldn't pay
that much. He asked what I would give, and I held out a fiver.
He was perfectly happy with the trade. I should have offered a quid.

My Pioneer Elite Kuro sits some distance from the player. I needed a 20'
HDMI cable. I bought MCM's house-brand cable for about $15. It works
perfectly, as far as I can tell.

I'm sure you'd know instantly if it wasn't working properly.

I wish they would redesign HDMI, though. It suffers from precisely the
same defect as SCART - the cable is too thick and springy, and the
flimsy connector has no detent. Rubbish piece of design.

d

 

[William Sommerwerck]

"Don Pearce" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
news:4eff31aa.17902861@news.eternal-september.org...

I wish they would redesign HDMI, though. It suffers from precisely the
same defect as SCART -- the cable is too thick and springy, and the
flimsy connector has no detent. Rubbish piece of design.

Some are made of limper cable. Not surprisingly, given the thickness, longer
cables tend to be limper, regardless of the material.

I like the lack of a detent. You pull on the cable, and it simply falls out.
You can't cause the display (or other device) to slide or fall over.

 

[David Looser]

"Don Pearce" <spam@spam.com> wrote in message
news:4eff31aa.17902861@news.eternal-september.org...

I wish they would redesign HDMI, though. It suffers from precisely the
same defect as SCART - the cable is too thick and springy, and the
flimsy connector has no detent. Rubbish piece of design.

I entirely agree. I wish they'd retained the vastly superior DVI connector

for HDMI, but I guess its that little bit more expensive.

I don't have any confidence in the long-term reliability of the HDMI
connector and the PCB mounted sockets will be almost impossible to replace.
So I predict that plenty of otherwise perfectly servicable bits of kit will
be scrapped just because the HDMI connectors no longer make good reliable
contact.

David.

 

[Peter Larsen]

David Looser wrote:

I don't have any confidence in the long-term reliability of the HDMI
connector and the PCB mounted sockets will be almost impossible to
replace. So I predict that plenty of otherwise perfectly servicable
bits of kit will be scrapped just because the HDMI connectors no
longer make good reliable contact.

I found some specs for harddisk interface cables, the IDE version is
designed for 5000 operations, the SATA version for 50. Divide by 10 since it
is salesmans claims and you get an intense wish of not removing and
replugging a harddisk cable unless you absolutely MUST.

My reason for the googling for this info was my having to discard a brand
new disk because of a clumsy hand move inside the box breaking the plug on
the disk. Fortunately the disk was empty.

David

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

 

[recursor]

On 12/31/2011 04:57 PM, Peter Larsen wrote:

David Looser wrote:

I don't have any confidence in the long-term reliability of the HDMI
connector and the PCB mounted sockets will be almost impossible to
replace. So I predict that plenty of otherwise perfectly servicable
bits of kit will be scrapped just because the HDMI connectors no
longer make good reliable contact.

I found some specs for harddisk interface cables, the IDE version is
designed for 5000 operations, the SATA version for 50. Divide by 10 since it
is salesmans claims and you get an intense wish of not removing and
replugging a harddisk cable unless you absolutely MUST.

My reason for the googling for this info was my having to discard a brand
new disk because of a clumsy hand move inside the box breaking the plug on
the disk. Fortunately the disk was empty.

Decent latching SATA cables are ok, unfortunately a lot of the ones

supplied with mobos or ready built boxes are of the cheap non-latching
variety and some of these are hardly good for one insertion/removal cycle.

 

[John Robertson]

Peter Larsen wrote:

Phil Allison wrote:

Of course it has, the stickers make it much more accurate...Sheesh,
don't you know anything?

** I imagined it might be Julian Hirsch's aura and sweaty finger
prints that made the difference.

There quite possibly is some extra market value because of it. However

Bit like a Strat that had once belonged to Jimi Hendrix.

For audiophile grade measurements use them with this:

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1564&customer_id=PAA3122123611657HNNULQPHBZIBBHUY

mains cable. Many banks ask you to pay for having money stored in their
system and this mains cable will remedy that problem and thus really be a
saving.

O;-)

.... Phil

Kind regards

Peter Larsen

How do they deal with the mains conductors back to the community
step-down transformer?

I suspect there is money to be mined in fixing the power input to the
high-end fools that buy these power cords.

"What if I can’t remove my mains lead? Cut off the mains cable about 3
inches (7.5cm) from where it enters your equipment and wire on a male
IEC plug as shown. " ROTFLMAO!

For further amusement read the Burn-In extra (only Ł15) feature because
otherwise you may have to wait over 500 hours to hear any difference
with your new power cord or silver RCA cords!

Fuses 13A made to BS-1362 standards (required by law in the UK for mains
fuses)...reading the notes about these Ł15.75 (pack of five) fuses that
everyone else sells for Ł1.25 (pack of four).

---------------------(quote)------------------------
You may notice that we cover the screw on some of our mains cables with
a 'Warranty - Void if Removed' sticker. This is to discourage people
from tampering with the cable in the plug. It's very difficult to work
with and we had a number of instances where people had tried to
de-solder their cables from the plug, ended up with a terrible mess and
sent it back to us to sort out. If you need to reterminate your cables,
we only charge a nominal retermination fee and you keep your warranty.

We appreciate, however that you need to destroy this label when you
replace the fuse with our new Russ Andrews fuses. You will not void your
warranty if you simply replace the fuse. Russ Andrews fuses are supplied
with 'Fitted with Russ Andrews Fuse' stickers to fit over the existing
warranty label. If you replace the fuse and then stick the new label
over the old warranty label, we'll know that you've simply replaced the
fuse if you return the cable for upgrade or repair in the future. It's
also a useful way for you to know which cables you've upgraded with a
better fuse!
------------------------(end quote)---------------

(shaking head sadly)

I'm obviously in the wrong end of things - I offer tech tips to save
people money and to try and teach them how to maintain their toys.

John ;-#)#

--
(Please post followups or tech enquiries to the newsgroup)
John's Jukes Ltd. 2343 Main St., Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 3C9
Call (604)872-5757 or Fax 872-2010 (Pinballs, Jukes, Video Games)
www.flippers.com
"Old pinballers never die, they just flip out."

 

[recursor]

On 12/31/2011 06:41 PM, John Robertson wrote:

Peter Larsen wrote:
Phil Allison wrote:

Of course it has, the stickers make it much more accurate...Sheesh,
don't you know anything?

** I imagined it might be Julian Hirsch's aura and sweaty finger
prints that made the difference.

There quite possibly is some extra market value because of it. However

Bit like a Strat that had once belonged to Jimi Hendrix.

For audiophile grade measurements use them with this:

http://www.russandrews.com/product.asp?lookup=1&region=UK&currency=GBP&pf_id=1564&customer_id=PAA3122123611657HNNULQPHBZIBBHUY


mains cable. Many banks ask you to pay for having money stored in
their system and this mains cable will remedy that problem and thus
really be a saving.

O;-)

.... Phil

Kind regards

Peter Larsen




How do they deal with the mains conductors back to the community
step-down transformer?

I suspect there is money to be mined in fixing the power input to the
high-end fools that buy these power cords.

"What if I can’t remove my mains lead? Cut off the mains cable about 3
inches (7.5cm) from where it enters your equipment and wire on a male
IEC plug as shown. " ROTFLMAO!

For further amusement read the Burn-In extra (only Ł15) feature because
otherwise you may have to wait over 500 hours to hear any difference
with your new power cord or silver RCA cords!

Fuses 13A made to BS-1362 standards (required by law in the UK for mains
fuses)...reading the notes about these Ł15.75 (pack of five) fuses that
everyone else sells for Ł1.25 (pack of four).

---------------------(quote)------------------------
You may notice that we cover the screw on some of our mains cables with
a 'Warranty - Void if Removed' sticker. This is to discourage people
from tampering with the cable in the plug. It's very difficult to work
with and we had a number of instances where people had tried to
de-solder their cables from the plug, ended up with a terrible mess and
sent it back to us to sort out. If you need to reterminate your cables,
we only charge a nominal retermination fee and you keep your warranty.

We appreciate, however that you need to destroy this label when you
replace the fuse with our new Russ Andrews fuses. You will not void your
warranty if you simply replace the fuse. Russ Andrews fuses are supplied
with 'Fitted with Russ Andrews Fuse' stickers to fit over the existing
warranty label. If you replace the fuse and then stick the new label
over the old warranty label, we'll know that you've simply replaced the
fuse if you return the cable for upgrade or repair in the future. It's
also a useful way for you to know which cables you've upgraded with a
better fuse!
------------------------(end quote)---------------

(shaking head sadly)

I'm obviously in the wrong end of things - I offer tech tips to save
people money and to try and teach them how to maintain their toys.

That's why you live in a hovel and Russ Andrews lives in a mansion.