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Posted by Rick W (A) on June 24, 2009 at 09:38:09

In Reply to: RE: Stereophile Parent Emerges from Chaper 11 posted by John Atkinson on June 24, 2009 at 07:13:35

now that your parent company has "reorganized"?

• I'm sure it will free up some capital for research - Bruce Kendall 11:40:12 06/24/09 (2)
  In Reply to: RE: "....business _better_ than usual." Hmm. Exactly *what* about S'phile will improve..... posted by Rick W on June 24, 2009 at 09:38:09

  to find new and innovative ways of annoying audiophiles who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome. ;~)
  
  
  
  
  

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  • Apparently its ok for you to insult me on this forum, but not the reverse. nt - Rick W 19:10:40 06/24/09 (1)
    In Reply to: RE: I'm sure it will free up some capital for research posted by Bruce Kendall on June 24, 2009 at 11:40:12

    nt
    

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    • Didja see the smiley face? - Bruce Kendall 19:16:03 06/24/09 (0)
      In Reply to: RE: Apparently its ok for you to insult me on this forum, but not the reverse. nt posted by Rick W on June 24, 2009 at 19:10:40

      There is a history, and I was making a general comment. I guess you'd have to be a regular to understand.

      Enjoy, Rick. No insult intended.....to you, at least.....dickw%%d.
      
      
      
      
      

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• RE: Stereophile Parent Emerges from Chaper 11 - John Atkinson 10:25:37 06/24/09 (4)
  In Reply to: RE: "....business _better_ than usual." Hmm. Exactly *what* about S'phile will improve..... posted by Rick W on June 24, 2009 at 09:38:09

  > Exactly *what* about S'phile will improve now that your parent company
  > has "reorganized"?
  
  I don't know why you put "reorganized" in quotation marks. It was an
  arrangement where the banks holding the debt exchanged most of that
  debt for ownership. See the General Asylum thread at
  http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/t.mpl?f=general&m=543577 for earlier
  discussion of this.
  
  
  John Atkinson
  Editor, Stereophile
  

  • http://www.audioasylum.com/cgi/t.mpl?f=general&m=543577   (Open in New Window)

  
  

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  • Hey, I hope S'phile lives long and prospers, but you diverted rather than answer my question. - Rick W 14:33:07 06/24/09 (3)
    In Reply to: RE: RE: Stereophile Parent Emerges from Chaper 11 posted by John Atkinson on June 24, 2009 at 10:25:37

    I tend to agree with Chris O's last comment in the thread you linked. I put "reorganize" in quotes because your parent company's inability to pay its debt - leading to Chapter 11 and resulting in having a bank owning S'phile and SIM's other assets - does not imply "business_better_than usual" for those assets. Hence my question.

    Please don't react in a knee-jerk manner, as that self-appointed defender of the hifi industry Bruce did. My original question was not coming from an anti-Sphile agenda, nor am I anti-you.
    

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    • RE: Hey, I hope S'phile lives long and prospers, but you diverted rather than answer my question. - John Atkinson 15:05:19 06/24/09 (2)
      In Reply to: RE: Hey, I hope S'phile lives long and prospers, but you diverted rather than answer my question. posted by Rick W on June 24, 2009 at 14:33:07

      > I put "reorganize" in quotes because your parent company's inability to
      > pay its debt - leading to Chapter 11 and resulting in having a bank
      > owning S'phile and SIM's other assets - does not imply "business
      > _better_ than usual" for those assets.
      
      As I said in the General Asylum thread I linked to elsewhere today, the
      reduction of the parent company's debt load from $1.5 billion to $500
      million dramatically reduces the pressure on each division to generate
      short-term revenue to meet debt repayment obligations regardless of
      adverse longer-term effects of that pressure. A manager like myself can
      thus return to spending more time looking outward rather than inward, to
      spending more time on strategic issues rather than tactical ones. Hence
      my use of the phrase "business _better_ than usual."
      
      John Atkinson
      Editor, Stereophile
      
      

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      • Thanks, John. Now I understand. nt - Rick W 15:22:57 06/24/09 (1)
        In Reply to: RE: Hey, I hope S'phile lives long and prospers, but you diverted rather than answer my question. posted by John Atkinson on June 24, 2009 at 15:05:19

        nt
        

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        • You're welcome. nt - John Atkinson 17:28:00 06/24/09 (0)
          In Reply to: RE: Thanks, John. Now I understand. nt posted by Rick W on June 24, 2009 at 15:22:57

          
          John Atkinson
          Editor, Stereophile
          
          

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