> On Oct 10, 9:35 pm, "Phil Allison" <phi
...@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> > "777ES"
> > >A couple of YT clips of some of my kit.
> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha_Um_lvX2U
> > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L5dNsKGn18
> > > What happened to this group?
> > ** I think the rot really set in when I posted this gem:
> > " Sony to Sue Rage Audio"
> > -----------------------------
> > From: "Phil Allison" <bi...@bigpond.com>
> > Date: Fri, 24 May 2002
> > News flash:
> > Sony Australia today announced that they have filed an action in the NSW
> > Supreme Court against a Mr Trevor Wilson, proprietor of a small Sydney
> > audio business, Rage Audio.
> > A Sony spokesperson, Mr Yamiguchi, said that while the company would
> > not usually take court action against an individual, Mr Wilson " had
> > continually insulted one of our most honoured products" and that this "had
> > really got on our goat ".
> > It is alleged in the Sony summons, that Mr Wilson has been carrying on
> > a campaign of defamation for several years against the Sony CDP 101 compact
> > disc player. This was the first such machine released in the world in 1983.
> > Mr Yamiguchi explained that the Sony company would not be seeking
> > damages from Mr Wilson since he has no significant resources to pay for the
> > injuries he has caused. However, they were instead seeking an order from the
> > court to compel Mr Wilson to cease and desist from his insults directed at
> > this and any other honourable Sony product.
> > Further, and in order to punish Mr Wilson, Mr Yamiguchi said: " Sony
> > is seeking another order that he be compelled to sit and listen to a CDP 101
> > playing the same disc over and over for a minimum of 12 hours per day for
> > a period of not less than three months. "
> > " This is not to say there is anything at all wrong with the sound of
> > the CDP 101" assured Mr Yamiguchi, "but as Mr Wilson clearly has a
> > pathological aversion to the machine it will be a punishment in the
> > traditional Japanese manner ".
> > Mr Wilson has been contacted and indicates that he intends to defend the
> > action vigorously. His lawyer, a Mr P Stein, asserted that the second order
> > being sought by Sony was illegal. " Being forced to endure a CDP 101 for 12
> > hours a day constitutes cruel and unusual punishment - even if used with
> > an
> > ME amplifier " said the determined Mr Stein.
> > We will be following this story very closely and report on any
> > developments.
> > Regards, Phil Allison
> > BTW:
> > I purchased a Sony CDP 101 soon as they arrived in Sydney in May 1983.
> > I still have it and it works absolutely fine.
> > One of the best CD players ever made.
> > No over sampling, 100dB/oct mechanical filters and THD too low to even
> > measure.
> > ..... Phil
> I must have been really slack that week, I totally missed that one.
> Was it for real, or were you winding him up ?
