18 Feb
2002
18 Feb
'02
12:28 p.m.
"R. D. Davis" wrote:
Gary Hildebrand
Quothe Chad Fernandez, from writings of Sun, Feb 17, 2002 at 10:20:01PM -0500:
If more people saw the innards of some of this electronic crap they
probably wouldn't buy it. Exception, McIntosh Stereo Equipment.
I remember some of the Heathkit catalogs had the schematics published
with the specs (rather tiny though). Look what happened to Griefkit .
. . . . .
That's why I never feel bad about taking
something out of the box. If
anybody challenges me, I'll simply ask them if they want me to buy it or
not? I'll tell them that if I'm going to buy it, I'm going to look at
it first. I haven't been challenged yet, but I realize I may be one
Hopefully you also take the case apart as well to look inside to get
an idea of how well it's made. It's always handy to take a few
screwdrivers, hex drivers, torx drivers, etc. with you when you go
into a store to look at any electronics equipment that you plan to
purchase. It seems odd to me that no stores remove the screws,
etc. on display items so that customers can, more easily, take a look
inside to see how well the equipment is constructed. Schematics
displayed with all of the items on display would make much sense too,
but I don't recall ever having been in a store that did this.