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Auratones - What happened to the company?
Is there any relation to Aurasound? Just curious.
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Jay Levitt writes: In article znr1105270774k@trad, says... Unless there's been a recent demise (which at my age means "within the last 10 years") I believe the company that makes Auratones is still doing it. You sure? I thought I had sufficiently disqualified myself. No, I'm not sure. If I was, and the company was dead, I'd have said so. And if I was sure they were alive, I would have posted their contact information. A post from a few years ago says they were selling new for around $100, but now they're going on eBay for $350/pair, which would seem to imply that they're no longer available new... Either that or that they're hard to find, or that they've achieved "vintage gear" status. The bottom line is that if you want them you have to first find them, and second, pay the asking price, new or used. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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Hey there,
Hot spots are still made. The company is Galaxy audio. (www.galaxyaudio.com)I didn't spend enough time to track down a current list price, but if they're going to 350 on Ebay I think that's just a case of Ebay frenzy and not an indication that the're 700 new or something. Maybe I'll list mine on Ebay as "vintage". ( I'm SURE the new ones are CRAP) By the way, what would a CRAP auratone sound like? Good? Kirt Shearer Paradise Studios www.paradisestudios.net Mike Rivers wrote: Jay Levitt writes: In article znr1105270774k@trad, says... Unless there's been a recent demise (which at my age means "within the last 10 years") I believe the company that makes Auratones is still doing it. You sure? I thought I had sufficiently disqualified myself. No, I'm not sure. If I was, and the company was dead, I'd have said so. And if I was sure they were alive, I would have posted their contact information. A post from a few years ago says they were selling new for around $100, but now they're going on eBay for $350/pair, which would seem to imply that they're no longer available new... Either that or that they're hard to find, or that they've achieved "vintage gear" status. The bottom line is that if you want them you have to first find them, and second, pay the asking price, new or used. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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Mike Rivers wrote: Jay Levitt writes: In article znr1105270774k@trad, says... Unless there's been a recent demise (which at my age means "within the last 10 years") I believe the company that makes Auratones is still doing it. You sure? I thought I had sufficiently disqualified myself. No, I'm not sure. If I was, and the company was dead, I'd have said so. And if I was sure they were alive, I would have posted their contact information. A post from a few years ago says they were selling new for around $100, but now they're going on eBay for $350/pair, which would seem to imply that they're no longer available new... Either that or that they're hard to find, or that they've achieved "vintage gear" status. The bottom line is that if you want them you have to first find them, and second, pay the asking price, new or used. FWIW, I checked the back of my Auratones, & it gives an address for the Auratone company in Coronado, CA (San Diego?). Who knows how long ago that was, tho. Mikey Wozniak Nova Music Productions This sig is haiku |
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Hey there, Hot spots are still made. The company is Galaxy audio. (www.galaxyaudio.com)I didn't spend enough time to track down a current list price, but if they're going to 350 on Ebay I think that's just a case of Ebay frenzy and not an indication that the're 700 new or something. In a wholesale catalog I have here - Unpowered galaxy Hotspots are shown @ list $159, w/volume control $169. Their one-piece PA is $399.95 list; the Galactic Monitor Package w/ 2 Hotspots, 1 core monitor (for apple fans, I guess...), 3 stand adapters, 2 25' speaker cables and a nylon bag is $799.99 list. Anybody looking to spend $250 or more for a pair of vintage Auratones should drop me an email. Maybe I'll list mine on Ebay as "vintage". ( I'm SURE the new ones are CRAP) By the way, what would a CRAP auratone sound like? Good? Is that a trick question? (I am sometimes a little startled how good something good-sounding can sound over a pair of Auratones. But that's the whole point. g) -- ha |
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In article znr1105270774k@trad, (Mike Rivers)
wrote: In article .com writes: Is there any relation to Aurasound? Just curious. Unless there's been a recent demise (which at my age means "within the last 10 years") I believe the company that makes Auratones is still doing it. I'm not sure if the company name is/was Auratone or something else. I can't find an ad real quick, but I'm pretty sure I've seen one within the last few years. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) I was trying to get in touch with him today, and the number I had (which was good 2 years ago when we ordered a bunch of new Cubes) was "...not in service..." I fear the worst... Jeff C. -- Anti-Spam email address in effect. My real email should be pretty obvious to an actual human being. |
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In article znr1105363811k@trad, says...
I thought I had sufficiently disqualified myself. No, I'm not sure. If I was, and the company was dead, I'd have said so. And if I was sure they were alive, I would have posted their contact information. Yeah, I figured; I was taking a rhetorical shortcut in the hopes that someone would post current info. Sorry for my indirectness! So: HEY! IF ANYONE KNOWS IF AURATONE IS DEFINITIVELY ALIVE OR DEAD, PLEASE RESPOND HERE! I'm confused about how we got from Auratones to Hot Spots, though... -- Jay Levitt | Wellesley, MA | Hi! Faster: jay at jay dot eff-em | Where are we going? http://www.jay.fm | Why am I in this handbasket? |
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In article writes: I'm confused about how we got from Auratones to Hot Spots, though... Me, too. I thought somebody knew something I didn't, but I guess not. -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo |
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I had a speaker go out in one of mine last summer and I tracked them
down in Coronado. I don't remember exactly, but it might have even been in San Diego that I got a number that worked. It went right to a voice mail and was answered "Auratone...." I must have left 5-6 messages and never got a return call. I'd assume that he's out of business. It's funny that he sort of slipped away without anyonre really noticing. I mean, call them what you will, but the Auratones were, and possibly still are sitting in a lot of our facilities. I went over to that galaxy audio site and looked at the parts page. I wonder if those little replacement speakers would work in my now, two dead Aura cube boxes? It's a lot cheaper than trying to grab a "tired" pair off of ebay for $300. later, m |
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It's a lot cheaper than trying to grab a "tired"
pair off of ebay for $300. BRBR Really? ****, I paid, I think, $65 for a new pair in the late '70s. I'll gladly sell them to the first person who wants to spend $300 on a pair of Auratones. Scott Fraser |
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That's not really a bad idea. The original drivers are nothing
special. I've got a few non-working one's I'd be willing to donate to CTS to copy if need be. I wonder what sort of upfront money would be needed for a venture like this? Now, if they could also produce those woofers for the NS10s for cheap, I'd bet we could scrape up some venture cap money and really get going with this idea. later, m |
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Days earlier I had posted the address for the working website. STILL,
everybody is assuming they are out of business. So, I called the number on the front page of their site and VOILA! A person! They are in business, and always have been. The company the makes Auratones is Galaxy Audio. Here is their info again: GALAXY AUDIO 601 E. Pawnee Wichita, Ks 67211 (800).369.7768 FAX (316).263.0642 www.galaxyaudio.com No need to spend $300 on ebay. Kirt Shearer Paradise Studios www.paradisestudios.com wrote: That's not really a bad idea. The original drivers are nothing special. I've got a few non-working one's I'd be willing to donate to CTS to copy if need be. I wonder what sort of upfront money would be needed for a venture like this? Now, if they could also produce those woofers for the NS10s for cheap, I'd bet we could scrape up some venture cap money and really get going with this idea. later, m |
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wrote in message
oups.com... That's not really a bad idea. The original drivers are nothing special. I've got a few non-working one's I'd be willing to donate to CTS to copy if need be. I wonder what sort of upfront money would be needed for a venture like this? Now, if they could also produce those woofers for the NS10s for cheap, I'd bet we could scrape up some venture cap money and really get going with this idea. Could call it "Bad Speakers R Us"? Peace, Paul |
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ScotFraser wrote:
It's a lot cheaper than trying to grab a "tired" pair off of ebay for $300. BRBR Really? ****, I paid, I think, $65 for a new pair in the late '70s. I'll gladly sell them to the first person who wants to spend $300 on a pair of Auratones. If you like working on Auratones, you might also like working on the 8" Quam or Atlas distributed PA speakers. The bottom end corner is a little bit lower, but not by very much, and they are also handy check mix speakers if you don't have an ATR-102 handy. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Kurt Albershardt wrote:
wrote: I went over to that galaxy audio site and looked at the parts page. I wonder if those little replacement speakers would work in my now, two dead Aura cube boxes? It's a lot cheaper than trying to grab a "tired" pair off of ebay for $300. Who made the original drivers? CTS? Shouldn't be that hard to get the OEM to make another run and I'll bet you could move a hundred or two on eBay pretty easily. There were at least three companies that made original drivers for the Auratones, and one of the problems is that they sounded different. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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The Galaxy site looks to have been desigined by some moonlighting porn
guy... hilarious. Al On 12 Jan 2005 09:55:27 -0800, wrote: Days earlier I had posted the address for the working website. STILL, everybody is assuming they are out of business. So, I called the number on the front page of their site and VOILA! A person! They are in business, and always have been. The company the makes Auratones is Galaxy Audio. Here is their info again: GALAXY AUDIO 601 E. Pawnee Wichita, Ks 67211 (800).369.7768 FAX (316).263.0642 www.galaxyaudio.com No need to spend $300 on ebay. Kirt Shearer Paradise Studios www.paradisestudios.com wrote: That's not really a bad idea. The original drivers are nothing special. I've got a few non-working one's I'd be willing to donate to CTS to copy if need be. I wonder what sort of upfront money would be needed for a venture like this? Now, if they could also produce those woofers for the NS10s for cheap, I'd bet we could scrape up some venture cap money and really get going with this idea. later, m |
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Yeah, I've got some with the double magnets glued together. What's
that about? later, m |
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In article .com,
wrote: Yeah, I've got some with the double magnets glued together. What's that about? Reduced magnetic leakage so you can put them near CRTs. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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I sort of thought it was something like that. Although I was hoping
for a more Spinal Tap-like answer....like it's twice louder or something. I was already to glue more magnets to all my drivers.... ;-) later, m |
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I sort of thought it was something like that. Although I was hoping
for a more Spinal Tap-like answer....like it's twice louder or something. I was already to glue more magnets to all my drivers.... ;-) With two magnets they're twice as fluxy. Or half as fluxy. Or something. Just don't look at 'em. |
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My email inquiring about Auratones at Galaxy was answered thusly:
-------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Allen Kaatz [mailto 
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:45 PMTo: Subject: Auatones? Hi are you still making the Auratone monitor speakers? I see no mention of them on your site. --------------------------------------------------- Hello Al, You may have us confused with another company. Galaxy Audio has only manufactured the Hot Spot and Core monitors. Auratone was made by another company. Sorry I couldn't be of more help! Anna ------------------------------------------------------ On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:42:59 -0800, playon wrote: The Galaxy site looks to have been desigined by some moonlighting porn guy... hilarious. Al On 12 Jan 2005 09:55:27 -0800, wrote: Days earlier I had posted the address for the working website. STILL, everybody is assuming they are out of business. So, I called the number on the front page of their site and VOILA! A person! They are in business, and always have been. The company the makes Auratones is Galaxy Audio. Here is their info again: GALAXY AUDIO 601 E. Pawnee Wichita, Ks 67211 (800).369.7768 FAX (316).263.0642 www.galaxyaudio.com No need to spend $300 on ebay. Kirt Shearer Paradise Studios www.paradisestudios.com wrote: That's not really a bad idea. The original drivers are nothing special. I've got a few non-working one's I'd be willing to donate to CTS to copy if need be. I wonder what sort of upfront money would be needed for a venture like this? Now, if they could also produce those woofers for the NS10s for cheap, I'd bet we could scrape up some venture cap money and really get going with this idea. later, m |
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There were a number of different no-name versions of Auratones. We had
a pair (still in use in a family member's stereo) that were knockoffs but sounded the same. "Auraclones", w/the same drivers, similar box etc. They were considered a good ref. monitor for radio work, but hat was in the 1980s. Philip Perkins |
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In article . com,
says... Days earlier I had posted the address for the working website. STILL, everybody is assuming they are out of business. So, I called the number on the front page of their site and VOILA! A person! Ah, but did you ask them if they make Auratones? Cuz they don't. -- Jay Levitt | Wellesley, MA | Hi! Faster: jay at jay dot eff-em | Where are we going? http://www.jay.fm | Why am I in this handbasket? |
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In article . com,
wrote: I sort of thought it was something like that. Although I was hoping for a more Spinal Tap-like answer....like it's twice louder or something. I was already to glue more magnets to all my drivers.... It will cure arthritis and you'll get better gas mileage too. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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Well how about the TOA ME-120?
http://www.toaelectronics.com/spk0025.asp Yeah, it's ported. You could always block the port. It's one driver! |
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I like the little Radio Shack optimus speakers for occasional
reference. But I still liked the Auratones better and I wish I hadn't sold mine. Al On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:42:02 GMT, umbriaco wrote: Well how about the TOA ME-120? http://www.toaelectronics.com/spk0025.asp Yeah, it's ported. You could always block the port. It's one driver! |
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play on wrote:
I like the little Radio Shack optimus speakers for occasional reference. But I still liked the Auratones better and I wish I hadn't sold mine. So make me an offer; pair in good shape, less the foam covers which disintegrated, and with an empty screw hole in the bottom from having been brackt mounted in a small production room. I'll even dust them off before shipping. g Of course, the ultimate (IMO) such speaker is the Klein & Hummel M50. But you can have my Auratones for much less than those would cost you. -- ha |
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The K & H speakers, I can hardly find any info on that is in
English... how much do they cost? A lot I'm guessing... Al On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:37:33 GMT, (hank alrich) wrote: play on wrote: I like the little Radio Shack optimus speakers for occasional reference. But I still liked the Auratones better and I wish I hadn't sold mine. So make me an offer; pair in good shape, less the foam covers which disintegrated, and with an empty screw hole in the bottom from having been brackt mounted in a small production room. I'll even dust them off before shipping. g Of course, the ultimate (IMO) such speaker is the Klein & Hummel M50. But you can have my Auratones for much less than those would cost you. |
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In article .com,
says... I had a speaker go out in one of mine last summer and I tracked them down in Coronado. I don't remember exactly, but it might have even been in San Diego that I got a number that worked. It went right to a voice mail and was answered "Auratone...." I must have left 5-6 messages and never got a return call. I'd assume that he's out of business I just got confirmation from the head tech at Berklee - Auratone is gone as of about 2-3 years ago. We purchased their last eight drivers. Too bad. -- Jay Levitt | Wellesley, MA | Hi! Faster: jay at jay dot eff-em | Where are we going? http://www.jay.fm | Why am I in this handbasket? |
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