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las wrote:
>
> > Stainless Steel Rat wrote:
> > >
> > > * las <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Tue, 12 Jun 2001
> > > | That's not correct. At least not with the models before the FM90! Aiwa is
> > > | a totally separate operation from Sony.
> > >
> > > On paper, maybe. The difference between Sony and Aiwa is very much like
> > > the difference between Ford and Lincoln.
> > >
> > > | They have separate facilities and design their own stuff. If you have
> > > | ever looked at an Aiwa F80 and compared it with what ever model was out
> > > | from Sony at the same time, you can see that these units have nothing in
> > > | common.
> > >
> > > On the outside.
> >
> > I disagree.
>
> Shawn, you have my comments followed by Ratman's statement "on the outside".
> While you did enlighten me about new Lincolns, I just wanted to make it clear that
> the statement you are disagreeing with (On the outside) is not mine. It was stated
> by Ratman.
Larry,
Oh, I know it was Rat I was disagreeing with. There's no confusion
there. IMO, he's been making a lot of unsupported blanket statements
lately.
BTW, it's not just the new Lincolns that are built on Ford (or modified
Ford) platforms... they've been doing that since at least the mid-1970's
or so. GM has been doing the same thing since about that time. At one
time Cadillacs were on their own platform too, but not since the
mid-70's. It's a lot cheaper that way.
> You and I are in total agreement about there being more than two manufactures of
> their own MD gear. In terms of design inside and out, my Aiwa F 80 doesn't seem to
> have anything in common with any of the Sony models from the same time period.
>
> The controls are different. features are totally different. Remotes are totally
> different. By only having a headphone/line out jack, if anything the unit is more
> like a Sharp than a Sony.
Even test mode is different! I found an "Auto Adjust" feature on my
Aiwa XR-H66MD and I've NEVER found any kind of automatic adjustment on
any 1996-vintage Sony MD player/recorder.
Shawn
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