As many of you know, Ralph Karsten, the previous owner of AtmaSphere is having legal issues. Many customers/friends and dealers have offered assistance and wondered how they could help. Several members of the OTL user group have decided to put together the "Ralph Karsten Legal Fund" in order to raise some money to help Ralph through this tough time.
Ralph has helped many of us over the years and now he needs your help. If you would like to help Ralph out we have set up an account to collect money for his defense fund. All money donated will be used to help pay Ralph's legal fees and help him get his feet back on the ground.
I am not in the audio industry, I am just a long time friend of Ralph's who lives locally in St Paul. Member of the OTL User Group asked if I could administrate the fund since I am local, and I was glad to help out. He is aware of the effort and appreciative of the support.
There are two donation options, you can send a check or MO made out to:
"Ralph Karsten Legal Fund" and send it to:
Ralph Karsten Legal Fund
CO Harry Straub
1144 Silverwood Rd
Woodbury, MN 55125or you can use Paypal, and I will deposit your donation into the fund. My Paypal is:
Harry@harrystraub.comIf you would prefer to keep your donation anonymous, please state that in your note or on Paypal and I will be the only one that knows that you contributed.
Please pass this information on to your local audio groups and anyone else that Ralph has helped over the years. This is a chance for us to help someone who has given a lot to this hobby that we love.
Harry Straub
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Topic - Ralph Karsten Fund - HStraub 20:36:36 10/16/04 (55)
- Thanks to so many! - Rushton 12:54:34 10/19/04 (0)
- On the contrary, a very worthwhile cause... - Rushton 12:51:39 10/19/04 (0)
- This is not a good use of your extra money. - sonicus 22:48:16 10/18/04 (0)
- Re: Ralph Karsten Fund - a mean nasty person 19:58:30 10/18/04 (2)
- Re: Clueless people making posts - Mike Mount 21:24:13 10/18/04 (0)
- Well.....with sentiments such as those.... - Simon Templar 20:48:58 10/18/04 (0)
- My check is in the mail. - Duke 10:24:32 10/18/04 (1)
- So is mine. Who needs a tonearm anyway? - rfj1862 19:43:01 10/18/04 (0)
- Re: Ralph Karsten Fund - Shred 20:59:11 10/17/04 (0)
- Who and Why? - Todd Krieger 11:27:33 10/17/04 (1)
- Just to help Ralph... - Rushton 11:49:13 10/17/04 (0)
- Re: Ralph Karsten Fund - dleroy 09:57:25 10/17/04 (1)
- Re: Ralph Karsten Fund - another thought - Paul L 12:17:05 10/17/04 (0)
- For those looking for background info.... - Rushton 09:37:47 10/17/04 (0)
- FYI: OTL venue.... - Rod M 08:48:13 10/17/04 (3)
- THANKS! We all apreciate it Rod! (nt) - LineArrayNut 05:48:03 10/18/04 (0)
- Re: FYI: OTL venue.... - Simon Templar 21:28:26 10/17/04 (0)
- Thank you Rod... - Wellfed 09:28:16 10/17/04 (0)
- Why does Karsten need help? - howard 08:40:42 10/17/04 (10)
- Re: Why does Karsten need help? - Paul L 09:03:29 10/17/04 (9)
- There's always two sides to any argument... - Robert H. 10:56:20 10/17/04 (8)
- Apparently Glacier opted to post inaccurate information on their website (nt) - Wellfed 11:17:59 10/17/04 (0)
- Re: There's always two sides to any argument... - Rod M 11:16:53 10/17/04 (6)
- Good information... - Robert H. 18:23:12 10/17/04 (2)
- You're welcome... - Rod M 19:08:53 10/17/04 (1)
- So this is the notorious "Vendor letter"... - Rushton 19:23:22 10/17/04 (0)
- If you hold less than 51% control, you deserve to get booted out! - howard 12:11:42 10/17/04 (2)
- want to make a small fortune in the high end? - Tom Schuman 19:47:10 10/17/04 (1)
- Re: want to make a small fortune in the high end? - BillH 17:19:15 10/18/04 (0)
- Re: Ralph Karsten Fund - BBeck 08:28:33 10/17/04 (1)
- Great idea, BUT.... - Sean 08:26:50 10/17/04 (7)
- I can vouch for Harry as well... - Wellfed 09:35:21 10/17/04 (1)
- Harry Straub that is (nt) - Wellfed 20:40:31 10/17/04 (0)
- Confident that Harry will manage the fund solely for Ralph's benefit... - Rushton 09:20:07 10/17/04 (4)
- Re: Confident that Harry will manage the fund solely for Ralph's benefit... - HStraub 09:37:07 10/17/04 (3)
- Re: Confident that Harry will manage the fund solely for Ralph's benefit... - JackWilliams@webtv.net 11:19:31 10/17/04 (1)
- Jack , thanks for proactively supporting Ralph's cause (nt) - Wellfed 20:39:26 10/17/04 (0)
- Thanks for the clarification guys. - Sean 11:05:48 10/17/04 (0)
- I would avoid purchasing any new Atmasphere equipment - rnhood 07:25:55 10/17/04 (0)
- Re: Ralph Karsten Fund - drshrewsbury 05:34:38 10/17/04 (0)
- Thank you! - Trelja 05:03:31 10/17/04 (0)
- Outstanding! Very worthy of support from the audio community... - Rushton 21:38:36 10/16/04 (13)
- Re: Outstanding! Very worthy of support from the audio community... - jt  22:56:07 10/16/04 (12)
- What has Ralph done? I'll tell you... - Bill333 22:44:03 10/17/04 (3)
- Re: What has Ralph done? I'll tell you...more - LineArrayNut 09:23:18 10/23/04 (0)
- beautiful story . . . . - Mike Mount 20:55:22 10/21/04 (0)
- Re: What has Ralph done? I'll tell you... - dleroy 11:28:22 10/18/04 (0)
- Re: Outstanding! Very worthy of support from the audio community... - Mike Mount 12:39:43 10/17/04 (2)
- Who is JT? (nt) - Wellfed 20:23:47 10/17/04 (1)
- Look a couple of posts above... - Rushton 20:26:37 10/17/04 (0)
- Re: Outstanding! Very worthy of support from the audio community... - dleroy 10:19:04 10/17/04 (0)
- I get the impression that Ralph would like to see... - Wellfed 10:03:04 10/17/04 (0)
- Principles of life... - Bill Galbraith 07:39:44 10/17/04 (0)
- As worthless a post as one will ever see - Trelja 04:53:29 10/17/04 (0)
- Gives freely of his time and effort to the audio community, etc. - LineArrayNut 04:51:02 10/17/04 (0)
- Re: Outstanding! Very worthy of support from the audio community... - mitsumoto 04:37:20 10/17/04 (0)