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   graham to Arny Krueger   
   Re: On the late William Z. Johnson   
   20 Dec 11 16:03:38   
   
   From: grahamiba@comcast.net   
      
   "Arny Krueger"  wrote in message news:6fKdnR4   
   3v1vNW3TnZ2dnUVZ_sqdnZ2d@giganews.com...   
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   >  wrote in message news:d2e07da6-121a-49d   
   -a865-3878e9f8a5c8@y12g2000vba.googlegroups.com...   
   >> On the late William Z. Johnson   
   >>   
   >> I had never met him and I have serious criticisms of much of the   
   >> Audio Research equipment I have had to work on over the years, but   
   >> still, it has to be said that he was a seminal figure in the serious   
   >> music reproduction business and his success, along with a few others,   
   >> made the whole high end audio industry-for better and for worse-seem   
   >> like a real business instead of a few cranks dedicated to building odd   
   >> and seemingly obsolete stuff.   
   >   
   > Not to speak ill of the departed but since you brought the issue up...   
   >   
   > Other than the planar speakers, wasn't the rest of the AR product line   
   basically obsolete even when is was on the drawing board?   
   >   
      
   Audio Research planar speakers? The Orion Audio Blue Book does not   
   list any speakers in the Audio Research line.   
      
   Are you confusing Audio Research with Acoustic Research or AR?   
      
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