From Simple Aluminium To An Extreme Monocoque Carbon Body

revolverI am not interested at ALL in guns. Guns are trouble. Although I must say I once was very much attracted to a very elegant small gun one of my (audio equipment) suppliers was showing me, while I was visiting him. The stylish gun was made totally out of stainless steel, highly polished and highly attractive and felt good in my hand. We were discussing how to get the thing shipped over to The Netherlands potted in a transformer-cover to make it “invisible” for the local custom people. But, don’t worry, it was never shipped :-). It was just the ecstacy of the moment.

I was thinking about that while I was surfing the internet last weekend for examples of SOLID CARBON products. Why? Well simply because, while we had in the 80’s-90’s some samples made of products in Monocoque Carbon material. In the end we did not use it as we found PurpleHeart and BlackHeart (both very hard kinds of wood) sonically better than Carbon and less troublesome to handle. But nevertheless, it came up and I searched.

It’s very funny that most of what I found was related to … guns. The things I don’t like. Not the real ones and not the virtual ones used by “not-so-smart salesmen” who have always a virtual gun in their pocket: “If you do not order this now, you will not get such or so in January”. Or “We take this away from you now”… Terrible people.

kisekicarbonSo I found gun manufacturers using Monocoque Carbon in their products. Interesting. How about spearfishing with a monocoque carbon gun. How good that sounds? Maybe not for the poor fish. Special Audio accessories Made in Korea. Jewelry, like rings. Sunglasses. Should we make Monocoque Carbon bodies out of it like we did in the 80’s and 90’s? Kiseki Carbon :-). Who knows we get into this material again.

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Kiseki PurpleHeart N.O.S. — You better knock, knock, knock on wood …

001-Kiseki PurpleHeart N O SFinally … the second N.O.S. model in our range of Kiseki cartridges. Built with a mix of parts from the past and today. Only 49 pieces available. Most already gone before we have mentioned the availability here or elsewhere on the social media. Have a look.

The third model we hope to do as a N.O.S. model, is the Kisek BlackHeart N.O.S. Very, very few of these will become available. Around 10 pieces. Same quantity we hope to be able to make of the Kisek Agaat N.O.S.

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Will Pono Be The winner?

ponopornoMost of you have probably read about Pono, the next Music Player, by Neil Young. If you Google you can find more about it than I can squeeze out of my keyboard.

What I am thinking about this, is: Will this Pono have a chance? Maybe. Because it’s the best? Because it has a certain pricepoint? Because it is related to Neil Young? Because guys like Meridian and Ayre have been involved? Because the record-industry is involved?  Or because it has FUNNY COLORS and has a FUNNY SHAPE?

If it wins, it is -I think- because it is FUNNY COLORS and has a FUNNY SHAPE. And if CURRENT popular artists will be seen with it and will make it COOL for the YOUNGSTERS -not for OLDiophiles- to have the same gadget as their idols. That’s the FUN of it! The MARKETING will WIN and seeing the the video below, makes me believe PONO has a good chance.

And IF ….. these youngsters happen to discover a MUCH BETTER MUSIC QUALITY than the sound from their mobile phones, maybe, MAYBE, there are some smartasses in our industry who can translate that to a better quality inhouse music system. Just a thought. Maybe just a dream :-). Neil’s dream. Our oldiophile’s dream?

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Rock And Roll, Russian Gangsters & Rising From The Dead: The Saga Of Electro-Harmonix …

Rock And Roll, Russian Gangsters & Rising From The Dead: The Saga Of Electro-Harmonix …

This is the title of an article on the FORBES website and if you are into tubes you háve to read this. We show you the intro here and link you in the end to the rest of the article.

The entrepreneurial spirit is like an unrestrainable beast that’s quivers beneath the skin of some folks. As Mr. Hyde was just a tantrum away from taking over the mannerly Dr. Jekyll, the inner entrepreneur has only to smell an opportunity for profit or market share before convulsing to the surface. It’s impossible to hold back.

MikeMatthews

Mike Matthews gave up trying to hold his back a long time ago, round about the time he tossed his necktie out the window, leaving his job as an IBM salesman in order to create effects and electronics for musicians playing rock and roll—one of his passions. That was 1968. Now, 45 years on – through chats with Jimi Hendrix, attacks from the Ladies Garment Workers’ union, herbal-induced mind-expansion in the 70s,  bankruptcy and a fight with hostile Russian “racketeers” – Matthews, sits atop a $27 million-per-year rock & roll business that sells 100 products and growing.

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