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   From: IainNG@kolumbus.fi   
      
   "Patrick Turner"  wrote in message   
   news:496ed4db-ac90-4acb-83ec-1485d53979c0@r27g2000prr.googlegroups.com...   
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   >I've never worked for BBC, or Austraya's ABC or the private broadcast   
   >or show production networks or companies. Things do go astray in Oz,   
   >despite service staff, and for example, silence in the middle of radio   
   >programme is all too common.   
      
   There are so many links in the broadcast chain that can fail.   
   All too often it's not studio equipment but satelite news links etc.   
      
   Back the mid/late 80s, I was with a group from Scadinavian   
   Broadcasting visiting Thames TV in the UK.  The company was   
   celebrating 20 years on the air.  They were using Ampex VTRs   
   which (according to the Swedes) were not a patch on Sony in   
   terms of reliability. They told us that they had never had a   
   breakdown in transmission.  Their service and maintenance   
   was impeccable. The (super-efficient) Swedish service guys were   
   greatly impressed by the way things were organised.   
   It can be done.  And by comparison, looking after a few   
   valve amps in a radio studio compex is very straightforward   
   indeed.   
      
   >I give a 12 month warranty on everything except tubes. If no work has   
   >to be done in the first year I usually extend the warranty period a   
   >year.   
      
   Yes. That sounds fair.  In this part of the world, dealers are willing to   
   extend warranties to two or perhaps five years (with provisions) for   
   a good valve amplifier.  It's a good way to show confidence in the   
   engineering.   
      
   >Ordinary consumers never get to know each other to the extent they   
   >might pool their experiences. There are a vast range of amp choices,   
   >so lemons don't get spotted. There is little FB effect on sales.   
      
   Agreed.  Although people are getting their opinions across, and more   
   widely know via Internet news and discussion groups.   
      
      
      
   Iain   
      
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