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Re: Prayer request [message #56818 is a reply to message #56713] |
Thu, 11 August 2005 04:39 |
Kim W
Messages: 165 Registered: July 2006
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earlier about using the Nady Ribbon mic
> and really liking it. I ended up buying some of the
> (basically) same mics badged by Shiny Box, and am also
> liking them a lot. I have some Royers, and they are
> different mics than the SB. Jon, the owner (and by the way,
> a great guy to work with) says they are a lot more like
> a RCA 44, and I would agree with that. I cut some great
> sounding acoustic guitars with them recently, and am very
> happy, especially with the price (165$ for the mic, and he
> just came out with a new smaller body for 150$), and they come
> with a nice bag and case, too...
>
> Check it out: www.shinybox.com
Nice.
I'd be inte
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Re: Prayer request [message #56850 is a reply to message #56713] |
Fri, 12 August 2005 16:09 |
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>> DJ,
>> You have my thoughts and prayers.
>> Get well Amy.
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>> respect
>> Nappy
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>> >"DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>> >>We're off to the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale Arizona tomorrow. Amy's
>having
>> >>some big problems. I'm praying in a pretty serious wa
Gantt Kushner
Gizmo Recording Company
Silver Spring, MD
www.gizmorecording.com
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Re: Prayer request [message #56852 is a reply to message #56844] |
Fri, 12 August 2005 16:34 |
DC
Messages: 722 Registered: July 2005
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>>need some rest to I'm posting this up and then I'm hitting the rack.
>It's
>> >>been a bad couple of days here. I hope I have some good news to report
>> in
>> >a
>> >>few days. I'll likely be offline until the weekend.
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>> >>Deej
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>DJ,
Just saw this, my prayers go out for both of you.
Craig
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> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:19:54 -0600, "DJ"
> <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
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>> We got back late last night. Nonstop testing in Scottsdale for two days. Amy
>> is doing a little better and wanted to come home so they loaded us up with a
>> bunch of test kits that we can do here coordinating with her local doctor
>> starting Sunday and going for the next 6 days, then back to Scottsdale on
>> the 21st for analysis of these tests, results of the tests she took while we
>> were there and even more testing on the 22'nd and 24th. Life has become one
>> big test it seems. I must say that the Mayo Clinic is like nothing I've ever
>> seen in my entire life.
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>> Now I'm off to start playing catchup. It's amazing how nuts things can get
>> when you're running your own business and you have to leave it, even for
>> just a couple of days.
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>> Thanks again everyone for the prayers,
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>> Deej
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>> "Nappy" <mgrant01@san.rr.com> wrote in message news:42fb7340$1@linux...
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>>> DJ,
>>> You have my thoughts and prayers.
>>> Get well Amy.
>>>
>>> respect
>>> Nappy
>>>
>>>> "DJ" <animix_spam-this-ahole_@animas.net> wrote:
>>>>> We're off to the Mayo C
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Re: Prayer request [message #56854 is a reply to message #56844] |
Fri, 12 August 2005 20:07 |
John Macy
Messages: 242 Registered: April 2006
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needing to get up and make a dash for the thundermug.
"jason Miles" <JMiles45@aol.com> wrote in message news:42fcb3b4$1@linux...
>
> This show is a fucking Joke-dave Navarro said to one of the contestents-"i
> want you to get More out of yourself" Give me a break
> he's trying to get into some form of Tv so he hosts this show. Seeing the
> guys in INXS sitting there acting like they are grooving with the
contestents
> while they sing is an utter embarassment
> since I know about 5 singers who would blow anyone of these people so far
> off the stage it's ridiculous, It shows you the lack of
> great ideas out there.
> dave Navarro scored when he got Carmen Elektra-he should be happy
> he got one thing right
> JMI put in my Maria Mena CD... still kicks ass to me.
Whens the next CD due out?Anyone tried Violet's line of mics? The maker claims to be the original Blue
mic designer - apparently a falling out, and they seem to be at war now.
I checked out the site and now get newsletter emails from them. Here's an
excerpt:
"Indeed, yesterday we set up a 10-day eBay auction for Violet Design
Flamingo Junior. Starting bid was $0.01 We got over 30 bids on this item and
had many, many watchers!
Today this eBay item was removed because blue decided that they can use eBay
VeRO program to remove anyone who tries to be competition to their "new
great sounding Chinese" knock-offs. Sorry guys, but we do not compete with
Chinese manufactures. A Rolls-Royce is a Rolls and a Hyundai is just that.
Please, do not devaluate JZ's designs with 10-dollar Chinese capsules.
And by the way, the Flamingo Junior was released early in 2005; quite a
while after JZ's factory stopped sales to the Blue. Now, it seems that blue
and Martins Saulspurens is trying to claim rights to anything their
ex-employer Juris Zarins has designed or will ever design to be blue
property. Could anyone imagine something more absurd, completely inhuman,
immoral and utterly wrong?"
Any truth to this (in that it only implies either great mics, or illegal
copies on one side or the other)? Either way I'm more intere
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Re: Prayer request [message #56857 is a reply to message #56844] |
Sat, 13 August 2005 03:21 |
rick
Messages: 1976 Registered: February 2006
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her)? Either way I'm more interested in
quality
> mics than turf wars. I've always liked Blue mics, but only recently heard
> of Violet.
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> Regards,
> Dedric
>My good friend, Jack Rice. www.giveitaspin.com
W. Mark Wilson
"Neil"
> I know at least one of you has the facilites & capability to do
> short-run CD's... here's what I'm looking for:
>
> A gal I know has a voice studio where she gives vocal lessons -
> she wants to have a CD containing various vocal exercises,
> rather than burning one at a time containing different
> exercises for her students at various intervals in their
> progress (which is what she's doing now). Can I get some quotes
> from any of you who can do this?
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> Let's say a quantity of 100, shrink-wrapped, with nice & clean,
> professional-looking artwork (but nothing too outrageous in
> terms of graphics) on the cover, printing on the cd (no
> paper labels), no mastering would be needed for something like
> this, so no need to include that in the pricing. This is for
> regular audio CD's that can be played back on a standard CD
> player , and please specify if it's duplicated or replicated in
> your price quote. Give me an idea of variances between B&W &
> 4-color artwork if you can handle either or both.
>
> We'd also need a UPC code since she may decide to make them
> available for sale online at a later date, as well; so please
> include that in your pricing.
>
> Send your pricing to me at:
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> neil DOT henderson AT sbcglobal DOT net
>
> Thanks!
>
> Neilhmmmm.......link wasn't too friendly was it?
Here's the cut 'n paste:
Subject: Blue Mic V. Violet - Official Response
We at Blue Microphones would like to make a statement regarding
the ongoing speculation over the original design of Blue?s product
line and Blue?s current business dealings. We have not
commented on these subjects until now simply because our
legal advisors have specifically recommended that we not
participate in the rumor mill. However, we now believe that the
amount of time and misguided speculation that has been
invested on these subjects by forum visitors requires a response.
This statement is intended to set the record straig
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Re: Prayer request [message #56858 is a reply to message #56857] |
Sat, 13 August 2005 05:14 |
Craig Mitchell
Messages: 20 Registered: July 2005
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ht and will be
the one and only comment offered by Blue Microphones.
Skipper Wise, Martins Saulespurens, and all of the dedicated
and hard-working people at Blue sincerely appreciate those who
have supported us throughout the years and those who will continue
to support Blue Microphones in the future.
First, the design issue:
At the onset of Blue?s incorporation, we hired a Latvian medical
manufacturer called Scruples to manufacture certain metals
parts and perform the final assembly of certain microphones.
Scruples, which is owned in part by Juris Zarins, signed a
non-compete agreement with Blue and used their
manufacturing expertise to construct our product.
As the Blue line caught on, our relationship with Mr. Zarins
became strained as he fought for a bigger piece of the pie.
Mr. Zarins began attempting to leverage our manufacturing
relationship with Scruples to assert claims to our products.
Mr. Zarins attempted to circumvent Blue by creating a company
called ParaBlue that would sell Blue products directly to customers.
In conjunction with these activities, Scruples became less and less
interested in cooperating with Blue?s efforts to manage production
flow and quality control. Since Scruples would not continue to meet
our needs, we found new manufacturers ? right here in America ? who
could.
After Blue terminated all business relations with Scruples in
October of 2004, Scruples violated our non-compete agreement
by supplying microphones to a new company of Mr. Zarins,? Violet
Designs, whose trademark infringes on Blue's trademark. Mr. Zarins
began creating unauthorized duplications of our products under the
name JZ Equipment, which was in clear violation of both our
intellectual property rights and the non-compete agreement.
Mr. Zarins has also made a deceptive attempt to register Blue?s
microphone designs with the European Union.
So, did Scruples make choices in what techniques and technologies
should be used to manufacture Blue?s products? Of course, that?s
what they were hired and paid to do. Did Scruples or Mr. Zarins
somehow establish a vision and actually design the Blue product line?
Absolutely not, which is why we?ve already begun legal action in the
European Union, Latvia, and soon in the U.S.
Some other matters of interest:
As stated above, Blue has moved the manufacturing operations for
most of its core product line to the United States ? specifically
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