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jblwolf
01-02-2008, 08:56 PM
While doing a little reading tonight I found these,thought I'd pass it along-

scott fitlin
01-02-2008, 09:19 PM
Thanks, good info, especially www.arnoldmagnetics.com info.

EVERYTHING I always wanted to know about magnet materials!

:applaud:

Steve Schell
01-04-2008, 11:44 AM
Thanks jblwolf; I get a bit choked up every time I read Ross Snyder's heartfelt tribute to his late friend. According to Hal Cox, Mr. Snyder and Jim Lansing were good friends in the late 1940s. Mr. Snyder went on to become the director of Ampex's theatre division in the 1950s.

Steve Schell
01-04-2008, 06:26 PM
Some fascinating audio clips of Ross Snyder being interviewed by Howard Sanner can be found here:

http://recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html

tomt
01-09-2014, 03:28 PM
Some fascinating audio clips of Ross Snyder being interviewed by Howard Sanner can be found here:

http://recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html

now 'ere -

http://www.recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html

hjames
01-09-2014, 04:00 PM
Some fascinating audio clips of Ross Snyder being interviewed by Howard Sanner can be found here:

http://recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html


now 'ere -

http://www.recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html

What am I missing?
its the same link ... you just added the www in front, which is optional on some sites...

Apparently its no longer optional on that site?

ratitifb
01-10-2014, 12:42 AM
What am I missing? its the same link ... you just added the www in front, which is optional on some sites..
:no_wag: from my PC today :dont-know: but
this direct link doesn't work http://recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html (http://recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html)
while this one works http://www.recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html (http://www.recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html)

robertbartsch
01-10-2014, 03:24 PM
what year did JBL die? 1947?

Unfortunately, he was not a good businessman and the poor financial condition of his company led to his death, I believe....

I thought he developed edge-wound voice coils, alnico magnets, and compression drivers with horns but I think the patents on these were held by Bell labs and then Altec Lansing... not sure on this..... need to revisit the history pages here....

SEAWOLF97
01-10-2014, 04:33 PM
what year did JBL die? 1947?

Unfortunately, he was not a good businessman and the poor financial condition of his company led to his death, I believe....

James Lansing was noted as an innovative engineer, but a poor businessman. As a result of deteriorating business conditions and personal issues, he took his own life by hanging himself in his home in San Marcos on September 24, 1949.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bullough_Lansing

I have read, tho can't find it right now that the suicide was to collect a 10k life insurence policy to bail his namesake company out of debt.

Ed Zeppeli
01-10-2014, 06:54 PM
This thread prompted me to do a bit of reading on the history of JBL. I got up to the 1981 section. Is there any further reading available from 1981 to current?


Thanks,

Warren

robertbartsch
01-20-2014, 05:26 PM
I read the stuff about the life insurance policy of JBL.... this is not plausible, however. a "term-life" policy does not pay out on a suicide..... and a loan can always be made on a "whole life" policy and this does not require death/suicide...

consequently, I believe the stories on the life insurance aspect of the life of JBL is BS.

I'm a CPA in public practice for +30 years... (now retired)....

robertbartsch
01-20-2014, 05:31 PM
....early 1980s?....sounds like the time in history where the JBL company was acquired by Sidney Harman....of Harman Kardon...

Sidney acquired lots of sound companies and then sold out..... he died off a few years ago..... his old wife Jane was a Congress person for years....

hjames
01-20-2014, 07:49 PM
I read the stuff about the life insurance policy of JBL.... this is not plausible, however. a "term-life" policy does not pay out on a suicide..... and a loan can always be made on a "whole life" policy and this does not require death/suicide...

consequently, I believe the stories on the life insurance aspect of the life of JBL is BS.

I'm a CPA in public practice for +30 years... (now retired)....


So - you started in the 70s - but - perhaps,
its possible the laws were different in the late 40s?

James Bullough Lansing (born James Martini, January 14, 1902 – September 24, 1949)

robertbartsch
01-24-2014, 04:07 PM
....life insurance policies are not based on law but they are regulated by the government.

hjames
01-24-2014, 08:33 PM
....life insurance policies are not based on law but they are regulated by the government.

Again, I would think its possible Government policies might be different in the late 40s,
heck a major death like Mr Lansing may even be (partially) responsible for regulations changing since that time.

I mean, if he killed himself to generate money for the firm,
seems to me he would have known if it was not something that would work, doncha think?

Titanium Dome
01-24-2014, 10:27 PM
So...

Mr. Widget
01-25-2014, 10:16 AM
I read the stuff about the life insurance policy of JBL.... this is not plausible, however. a "term-life" policy does not pay out on a suicide..... and a loan can always be made on a "whole life" policy and this does not require death/suicide...

consequently, I believe the stories on the life insurance aspect of the life of JBL is BS.

I'm a CPA in public practice for +30 years... (now retired)....I don't know all of the details but a close friend's brother bought a life insurance policy that would pay out even if suicide was involved. He bought this within the last decade. Tragically he cashed in on the policy a couple of years ago with a gun. It did pay. The details make the story even more tragic, but suffice it to say that this type of policy is still available if you search it out.


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SEAWOLF97
01-25-2014, 10:41 AM
consequently, I believe the stories on the life insurance aspect of the life of JBL is BS..



http://www.audioheritage.org/html/history/lansing/founding.htm


On Thursday, 24 September 1949, Lansing stopped by for the last time. He drove to San Marcos, and, despondent over the course of business, took his own life later that evening. He is buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery in South Los Angeles.

A few years earlier Lansing had been wise enough to secure a life insurance policy in the name of the company. The policy was for $10,000, and it was the payment on this policy that enabled Bill Thomas to secure the future of the company.

Lansing had left his one-third share of the company to his wife. During the early fifties Thomas negotiated the purchase of this amount from Mrs. Lansing and thus became the sole owner of the company.

Mr. Widget
01-25-2014, 11:15 AM
On Thursday, 24 September 1949, Lansing stopped by for...
Sure, but that is precisely the story that Robert was questioning. He rightly brought up the fact that life insurance policies typically have a suicide exclusion.


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SEAWOLF97
01-25-2014, 12:19 PM
Sure, but that is precisely the story that Robert was questioning. He rightly brought up the fact that life insurance policies typically have a suicide exclusion.


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I interpreted Roberts post as calling BS on my recall of the history, since at post time I had no linked reference to the insurance info, until now.

JBL bought the policy sometime before his 1949 death, so assuming a purchase date of 1945-6-7 would be reasonable. Things have changed since then ?

We, of course, don't know where John Eargle got the info ...but I trust his word.

Mr. Widget
01-25-2014, 12:41 PM
I interpreted Roberts post as calling BS on my recall of the history, since at post time I had no linked reference to the insurance info, until now.

JBL bought the policy sometime before his 1949 death, so assuming a purchase date of 1945-6-7 would be reasonable. Things have changed since then ?

We, of course, don't know where John Eargle got the info ...but I trust his word.Like Robert I had always heard that insurance companies wouldn't pay out on life policies in the case of suicide, but as I posted above, apparently there are policies available even today that do not exclude suicide... I don't recommend finding one as a method for for solving one's problems though.


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SEAWOLF97
01-25-2014, 12:47 PM
I don't recommend that technique for solving one's problems though.
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Whew , a relief... I've been contemplating same after screwing with Win7 & iTunes for too long :eek:

The obvious logic fail is that his procedure did not allow him to enjoy the fruits of his action.

Audiobeer
01-25-2014, 05:11 PM
Suicide is not a defense against payment to the family in Missouri, even today.