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From: junk@ur-tut.UUCP (Jan Vandenbrande)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: mail order audio equipment reliability vs. their price
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Date: Wed, 26-Feb-86 12:43:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb 26 12:43:04 1986
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Organization: Univ. of Rochester Computing Center
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Keywords: Quality of audio equipment.
Summary: watch out

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	A friend of mine (who has a friend working in a plant where 
	stereo equipment is made) claims the following:
	Each finished article is checked against a reference (what ever that 
	actually may be) in the factory. If the article is superior
	to the refernce it gets a good grade (A), if it just about matches
	the refernce (+/- some tolerance) it gets a passing grade (P), and
	those who are below the standard a failing grade.

	The friend claims that the stereo components with grade A go to
	the "fine" stores, the ones with a passing grade to the discount
	stores. What happens to those that failed he did not want to
	elaborate. I assume that they fix them up and than sell "em.

	Unfortunately when you buy an item from a "good" store you are not
	guaranteed a prime specimen.

	I don't know how true this is, but it seems quite plausible.
	Naturally, the consumer will not have any notion of what quality
	he is getting (based on price alone). May be the "better" manufactures
	have such high standards that what ever they sell will always be 
	a prime specimen.
Jan.