hbb@hou5a.UUCP (H.B.Braude) (01/04/85)
An examination of the last three seasonal Heathkit catalogs
indicates that Heathkit has decided to do away with their high-
end stereo kits. I come to that conclusion since two seasons
ago, the catalog had all of the Pro-series components and the
catalog distributed last season had the audio tuner kit
replaced with another manufacturer's preassembled product
(without having offered their usual last-chance warning in the
preceding issue either.)
This season's catalog has the pre-amp kit replaced and the rack-
mount cabinet displayed as a last-chance item.
This means that they will probably sell other manufacturer's
products as a component system, but these will all be
preassembled.
--
Harlan B. Braude
{most "backbone" sites}!hou5a!hbbwcl@hjuxa.UUCP (LOEFFLER) (01/05/85)
> An examination of the last three seasonal Heathkit catalogs > indicates that Heathkit has decided to do away with their high- > end stereo kits. I come to that conclusion since two seasons > ago, the catalog had all of the Pro-series components and the > catalog distributed last season had the audio tuner kit > replaced with another manufacturer's preassembled product > (without having offered their usual last-chance warning in the > preceding issue either.) > > This season's catalog has the pre-amp kit replaced and the rack- > mount cabinet displayed as a last-chance item. > > This means that they will probably sell other manufacturer's > products as a component system, but these will all be > preassembled. > -- > Harlan B. Braude > {most "backbone" sites}!hou5a!hbb Your right!, Just received my catalog today. What is Heathkit coming to? Maybe they will be Heathassembled next year. -- Bill Loeffler Digital Equipment Corp., Holmdel NJ 07733 uucp: ...!{decvax,ihnp4}!hjuxa!wcl
rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (01/08/85)
[] I,for one, won't cry a bit (well, maybe a little bit) if Heathkit as a whole is phased out. I speak as one who years ago built dozens of heathkits and still have many moldering away in my basement. In my humble but firm opinion it has been literally decades since heathkits were worth a damn on a cost/performance basis. The costs went sky high and the performance went to hell, but the advertising improved apace. Off hand I recall: The audio mixer whose power supply was designed as a giant amplifier for a noise generator. The Audio sweep generator advertised to cover "3 decades" that wouldn't. The color tv with a focus system that didn't. Despite such boobles, I only swore off them for good when it became possible to buy better for much less. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi. -- "It's the thought, if any, that counts." Dick Grantges hound!rfg