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Ralph Karsten revealed...

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Posted on October 21, 2004 at 20:29:19
Wellfed
 I ran into this post at General and thought it pertinent to post the link here for all to see.

 

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Re: Ralph Karsten revealed..., posted on October 21, 2004 at 20:47:45
Funky
Audiophile

Posts: 16
Joined: July 25, 2001
 so how to contact Ralph now?

I want to upgrade my preamp MLS-1 but does not want ot go thru the...

 

Contact information..., posted on October 21, 2004 at 20:53:50
Wellfed
 Click on link, Ralph's contact information located at bottom of web page

 

Re: Ralph Karsten revealed..., posted on October 22, 2004 at 09:34:38
tubetime
Audiophile

Posts: 15
Location: Canada's left coast
Joined: February 15, 2002
 I have also had the pleasure of dealing with Ralph when I built my M60's a while back. Very helpful and patient and I couldn't have finished the project without his help.

Just checked out the Rendition audio website; click on 'awards' and 'vision'. It is so sad and pathetic.

 

Re: Ralph Karsten revealed..., posted on October 22, 2004 at 21:16:43
BHD


 
I just wanted to take some time and put in my own two cents about Ralph...

A little over three years ago, I had back surgery. I had a lot of recovery time on my hands during rehab and I had a pair of M-50's that I wanted to convert to hard wired M-60's. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to complete the task (I heal fast), but Ralph invited me TO HIS HOUSE (I live in the Twin Cities area) and he and his employees personally helped me with the project. Had I had time, they no doubt would have held my hand and nursed me through the project to completion. I went over there several times, often for hours, listened to music, chatted with them and felt completely welcome.

Later (about a year ago), when I sold the unfinished amps to my roommate, the guys at Atma-Sphere completed the wiring of the amps for a song.

Ralph without a doubt is one of the nicest and most genuine people I have ever met. This isn't the first time that Ralph has been screwed over by people in this industry. This is the same kind of crap that caused John Bau to give up completely on audio. It's amazing that any innovative and talented people get into this business at all. I don't know Ralph well, but I definitely could see him getting taken advantage of as a result of trusting someone that he thought was a friend.

What a shame that Ralph didn't hold on to his own company.

 

Look again :), posted on October 22, 2004 at 22:04:43
RBP
Industry Professional

Posts: 3381
Location: FL.
Joined: December 26, 1999
 Corrected now. Try the site again. Much better now. Sigh of relief.
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His Vision has been restored as well..., posted on October 23, 2004 at 09:38:04
Wellfed
 Good news. Without a vision, people perish.

 

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