Found these

[jblwolf]

While doing a little reading tonight I found these,thought I'd pass it along-

[scott fitlin]

Thanks, good info, especially www.arnoldmagnetics.com info.

EVERYTHING I always wanted to know about magnet materials!

[Steve Schell]

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]

Some fascinating audio clips of Ross Snyder being interviewed by Howard Sanner can be found here:

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

[tomt]

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]

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]

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

from my PC today but
this direct link doesn't work http://recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html
while this one works http://www.recordist.com/ampex/mp3/index.html

[robertbartsch]

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]

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]

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]

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]

....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]

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]

....life insurance policies are not based on law but they are regulated by the government.

[hjames]

....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?