KVR Audio

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:32 am

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2878815/ ... -says.html

When they were the only game in town, a lot of people had to pay their vastly inflated prices for parts or do without.

And in recent years, they sank everything into cel phones - disregarding their core business, their electronic parts business.

However...

Bobbotov · Post by **Bobbotov** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 4:36 am

I had one of those.

cryophonik · Post by **cryophonik** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 5:51 am

My first synth....Damn, I'm old.

Oh well, I won't miss driving all the way across town to buy something their website says is in stock, only to find that it's not actually in stock.... Oh, but they can order it for me (as if I'm incapable of doing that myself).

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:51 am

Yep. Got a CB radio at one closing down.

cain · Post by **cain** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:02 am

ha ha still have mine tucked away in my studio

Kriminal · Post by **Kriminal** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:07 am

The Lidl of the electronics world

BertKoor · Post by **BertKoor** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:28 am

On the contrary, prices at Lidl aren't inflated.
Y'all miss their battery plan!
I won't since Tandy/RS disappeared from the Dutch high streets decades ago.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:05 pm

Wow, I thought they had gone bust years ago

SODDI · Post by **SODDI** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:12 pm

There is still one of the old Tandy leathercraft stores (progenitors of Radio Shack) down the road in Tucker, so if you're ever in the mood for handcrafting a wallet...

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 8:32 pm

Looks like "Demolition Man" predicted another "future event":

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 6:33 am

I feel bad, but I haven't been in one for over a decade. Sorry RS.

trimph1 · Post by **trimph1** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 6:36 am

Megh...not surprising.

Way cheaper parts elsewhere...

hibidy · Post by **hibidy** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:12 am

Strip malls are becoming more and more useless (and they never really were much

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foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 3:49 pm

dusted william · Post by **dusted william** » Fri Feb 06, 2015 3:55 pm

Bobbotov wrote:I had one of those.

I just put one on lay-a-way at the local pawn shop

RIP Radio Shack