jimb@tekcbi.UUCP (Jim Boland) (12/19/85)
Stereo Superstores (Stupidstores) here is selling the Sharp DK110KB (?) Compact Disk Player for $149. I don't know anything about it other than the price.
oleg@birtch.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev) (12/22/85)
In article <446@tekcbi.UUCP> jimb@tekcbi.UUCP (Jim Boland) writes: > >Stereo Superstores (Stupidstores) here is selling the Sharp >DK110KB (?) Compact Disk Player for $149. >I don't know anything about it other than the price. Ever seen ANYTHING good made by Sharp? I didn't think so.... Sharp, Emerson, SoundDesign, other Kmart and Zodys brands are aimed at the people who don't know (or care) about anything better. -- Disclamer: My employers go to church every Sunday, listen to Country music, and donate money to GOP. I am just a deviant. +-------------------------------+ Don't bother, I'll find the door! | "VIOLATORS WILL BE TOAD!" | Oleg Kiselev. | Dungeon Police |...!{trwrb|scgvaxd}!felix!birtch!oleg --------------------------------+...!{ihnp4|randvax}!ucla-cs!uclapic!oac6!oleg
bob@pedsgd.UUCP (Robert A. Weiler) (12/30/85)
Organization : CONCURRENT Computer Corp, Tinton Falls NJ Keywords: In article <200@birtch.UUCP> oleg@birtch.UUCP (Oleg Kiselev) writes: > >Ever seen ANYTHING good made by Sharp? > >I didn't think so.... Sharp, Emerson, SoundDesign, other Kmart and >Zodys brands are aimed at the people who don't know (or care) about >anything better. >-- Ok - I confess I own a Sharp (1044 ? some model or other) cassette deck of about 1979 vintage. And it has worked just fine for 6 years and 3 moves. To be sure it has limitations; no high frequency response, Dolby B only. But until recently it made better tapes than prerecorded ones and if it were not for CD's, which it cant cope with, I would not be looking to replace it. I think I got my 100 dollars worth out of it. Remember there is more to buying stereo gear than knowing or caring about good sound - there is being able to afford it.
meister@linus.UUCP (Phillip W. Servita) (12/31/85)
>Ever seen ANYTHING good made by Sharp? > >I didn't think so.... Sharp, Emerson, SoundDesign, other Kmart and >Zodys brands are aimed at the people who don't know (or care) about >anything better. 2 years ago (to the day) i walked into a Cambridge pawn shop and for 11 bucks bought a mini Sharp FM walkman. This one was strange; it had TWO coin-slot type tuning knobs on the back side, and an A/B switch on the side. You would preselect two stations and then switch back and forth with the A/B. It was small; about 3 x 1.5 x .5 (inches). And it had the best sound and separation of any other walkman i had tried. For about 1 year it served me well, until it managed to fall out of my pocket while running across the street and get run over by a truck. Does anybody else out there remember these? I cannot seem to find another one. -- ------------------------------------------------------------- "they forcibly extracted the word 'but' from his vocabulary, and locked him in a room with 10 economists..." ------------------------------------------------------------- -the venn buddhist
rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) (01/14/86)
In article <104@linus.UUCP> meister@linus.UUCP (Phillip W. Servita) writes: >>Ever seen ANYTHING good made by Sharp? >> >>I didn't think so.... Sharp, Emerson, SoundDesign, other Kmart and >>Zodys brands are aimed at the people who don't know (or care) about >>anything better. The first stereo system I ever owned was a SHARP system of separate comonents (integrated amp, tuner, cassette deck, a BSR turntable, some cheapo speakers and a rack). The turntable and speakers were basically throw-aways after a few years or so, but I still use the tuner in my current system and it works perfectly. I got the whole package for about $200 in about 1979. The SHARP cassette deck was the most amazing part of the system. It was a very simple one (Dolby B only), but it made good tapes. After a while, I started to think I needed something better and I bought a much more expensive one (TEAC). Well my "better" tape deck ended up spending most of its time in the shop, so I continued to use the SHARP for several more years. It made good quality tapes and never required service. I have never known of any other tape deck to hold up for as long as this one did. I lived in a fraternity and saw many AKAI's, NAK's, and TEAC last for about a year or three of frequent use before dying. The amp and tuner also still work well and act as the basis for a second system I keep at home. I think SHARP has made some very nice inenexpensive equipment.