Accu-Tuner ad

[Donald Lemoine]

Well Put,
On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 06:15  AM, Clyde Hollinger wrote:

> Friends,
>
> Yesterday I got a large postcard advertisement from Inventronics about 
> the
> Accu-Tuner.  I presume most of you did, too, or will soon.  I find the 
> ad to be
> in very poor taste.  Using phrases against their competitors, such as 
> wild
> accuracy claims, being fooled, science fiction, being tricked -- it is 
> hard to
> believe they would stoop this low.
>
> Please understand that I am not denigrating the Accu-Tuner machine.  
> When I made
> my decision some years ago, before Verituner was available, I felt 
> that either
> RCT (Reyburn Cyber-Tuner for those who aren't familiar with the 
> acronyms) or SAT
> II (Sanderson Accu-Tuner, the latest model at that time) would have 
> served me
> well.  I decided to go with RCT.  I like being able to enter data on a 
> standard
> computer keyboard.
>
> I have not regretted that decision, and I think that if I had chosen 
> SAT I would
> have learned to like that machine, too.  If I were choosing now, 
> Verituner might
> get my dollars.  In my opinion the continuous sampling is a great 
> feature, but I
> like the compact size and shape of what I'm using now (RCT installed 
> on a
> Toshiba Libretto 110CT).
>
> I don't really want to start ETD (electronic tuning device) arguments 
> again on
> this list, but it might happen anyway.  What got me started is this ad 
> I
> received.
>
> Regards, Clyde
>
>
>
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