Re: Model Railroader mag -- observations and quesions


Richard wrote:
> On 5 Nov 2005 06:50:30 -0800, 1shado1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >
> >Richard wrote:
> ><SNIP>
>
> >> Not
> >> a lot of improvement in anything there.
> >
> >I beg to differ. TV's are far more reliable, less costly, and
> >long-lasting than they were in the old days. I would call that A LOT
> >of improvement. As for TV technicians, guess they need a different
> >avocation. Just as blacksmiths that used to shoe horses aren't much in
> >demand anymore. Times change, and in the example of TV's, much for the
> >better! : )
> >
> Which, I suppose might explain why my old 21" zenith, now thriry some
> years old, still runs reliably and has out lasted several others, none
> older than ten years,are in the trash where they belong. Or why my 31
> year old Thomas organ still plays nicely, but the Casio keyboard I had
> puked after less than a year. The keys on an electronic keyboard are
> also slightly smaller than AGO standards, meaning going from one to
> the other automatically without thinking is impossible.
>
> Much improved, for the MANUFACTURER, not much of an improvement for
> me. I'll even state that 99.9% of the organ sounds I use most often
> cannot by any means be reproduiced by any keyboard at any price. Sure,
> it's cheaper, both in the sounds a keyboard can produce, and in the
> quality, both of the electronics and the mechanics. Granted, there
> are sounds in the keyboard that I can't get out of my organ, but that
> only brings up another question. Who would want to?
>
> As far as blacksmiths go, if you REALLY want to find out what Shop
> rates can be, go find one. The fewer the craftsmen, the more you're
> going to pay for their services when you need them.
>
> Which might also explain why I'm reworking old Athearn instead of
> buying new "Made in China and guaranteed to look great, run bad".
>
> Rich

Point taken. I was confused as to the timeframe we were discussing. I
was referring to the old vacuum-tube laden TV's of the fifties and
early sixties (my childhood memories), not the solid-state TV's of the
mid seventies and later. My mistake.

Jeff

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