I Thought This Deserved Its Own Thread!

hearingimpared
hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
edited August 2007 in 2 Channel Audio
There are no more of my record clamps available. :(:(


TO ALL WHO HAVE PURCHASED THE CLAMPS, YOU OWN ONE OF ONLY 25 IN CIRCULATION THAT I AM AWARE OF IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM!!!:eek: :cool:

Should you ever decide to sell your clamp I ask that you give me the first shot at purchasing it.;)

Thanks to all you guys and I am sure this is the last record clamp you will ever need to purchase.:)

Joe
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2007
    So when is the mass production starting????
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2007
    When I can get, let's say, $60,000 to buy a mold and materials!!! Yeesh everytime I try to crunch the numbers to make more of these gems I get agida. Well maybe some day.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,068
    edited August 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    When I can get, let's say, $60,000 to buy a mold and materials!!! Yeesh everytime I try to crunch the numbers to make more of these gems I get agida. Well maybe some day.

    Joe,

    It looks like the clamp is a very good design by you that fits a need. If you think there is a market for it, it really is worth pursuing. Hell, you only live once!! Crunch the numbers with a smaller calculator, might not seem so bad after all!!
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  • candyliquor35m
    candyliquor35m Posts: 2,267
    edited August 2007
    I don't wear vinyl without it. Thanks man.
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  • JimBRICK
    JimBRICK Posts: 1,543
    edited August 2007
    if you havent yet, better get it patented
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2007
    How this duplicated I don't know, see next post.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2007
    pearsall001 wrote: »
    Joe,

    It looks like the clamp is a very good design by you that fits a need. If you think there is a market for it, it really is worth pursuing. Hell, you only live once!! Crunch the numbers with a smaller calculator, might not seem so bad after all!!

    A smaller calculator. . . you're a regular riot Alice!!!

    It would be the same niche market of audiophiles who love vinyl. This clamp as practicle and worthy doesn't hold a candle to the sexy looks of clamps being made today by the turntable manufacturers. However I am confident that it works better in every way (other than looks).
    JimBRICK wrote: »
    if you havent yet, better get it patented

    As far as a patent goes, I had a patent pending back in 1987, a full blown patent IIRC costs thousands which I didn't have then and don't have now. I resigned myself back in 1989 when the patent pending was up, that I had to be content knowing that I did what I set out to do . . . not to make a ton of money but to make a better clamp that really works on practically all turntables therefore this is one of my personal achievements that made some people happy. I am content with that.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2007
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    It would be the same niche market of audiophiles who love vinyl. This clamp as practicle and worthy doesn't hold a candle to the sexy looks of clamps being made today by the turntable manufacturers. However I am confident that is works better in every way (other than looks).

    And if you have a couple of trusted reviewers vouch for that, your problem will be to keep up with demand....
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited August 2007
    I'm proud to say that I am one of those lucky 25. This clamp kicks ****! Instantaneous difference in sound quality.

    I freakin' love it Joe!!!:D :D:D
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,337
    edited August 2007
    I should have bought two like Raife did!:(
    Carl

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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited August 2007
    Well i am a proud owner of the clamp and feel privliged to know i am 1 of 25.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2007
    I am prouder than all of you because I bought the last one :p
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited August 2007
    Too bad Joe, as one of the few who has had two of these it is a shame more folks, well what's the sense, there are no more.

    For those interested Joe has agreed to do a little talk on the Clamp at the Fest, his best 15-30 minutes on how to use it to flatten your records, maintain it and so on.

    viva The Clamp

    RT1
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  • Frank Z
    Frank Z Posts: 5,860
    edited August 2007
    I really wanted one too. I wish I would've been able to buy one, but that's the way it goes I guess.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2007
    FS: Super rare, 1 of 25 - 'The Clamp'

    Yours for ONLY $349.95!!!! Act fast, only 1 available of this super rare find!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2007
    $349.95 is way too cheap!
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited August 2007
    Joe,
    it's a sad day indeed. but look at it this way... they are better off out there being used and enjoyed.. instead of sitting in your closet unused. ;)

    I nominate The Clamp for the Club Polk hall of fame.

    and it really works as described. :)
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2007
    HTrookie wrote: »
    I am prouder than all of you because I bought the last one :p

    The last one was a scratch and dent demo model.

    Nanner nanner nanner
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2007
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    The last one was a scratch and dent demo model.

    Nanner nanner nanner

    Not true.
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,987
    edited August 2007
    Why negate my fun? Why toy with my emotions? Why can't you let me tease Ricardo? Poo on you.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2007
    RuSsMaN wrote: »
    Why negate my fun? Why toy with my emotions? Why can't you let me tease Ricardo? Poo on you.

    Cause Ricardo didn't get the last one either!!!:D :p
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited August 2007
    I didn't????? You owe me a partial refund then :mad:

    ;)
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2007
    You got the last one sold but not the last one.:D :confused::D :cool:
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,497
    edited August 2007
    Joe, I passed on a used Sota Cosmos vacuum table with SME V because of the clamp.

    I told the wife you said I was one of 25 instead of one of a kind, and she is prepared to dispute that with you.
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  • DarqueKnight
    DarqueKnight Posts: 6,765
    edited August 2007
    I would send mine back to be autographed in gold ink by Joe, but I'm afraid they would be trashed/lost/stolen by UPS/FedEx/USPS/Airborne/Pony Express/Whoever.:eek:
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,663
    edited August 2007
    Airborne/DHL are one of the few that have not killed any of my packages.
    engtaz

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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited August 2007
    DarqueKnight wrote: »
    I would send mine back to be autographed in gold ink by Joe, but I'm afraid they would be trashed/lost/stolen by UPS/FedEx/USPS/Airborne/Pony Express/Whoever.:eek:

    Well the Post Office tried to destroy the one that Fireman Dave got but they couldn't. I think you would have to run it over with a steam roller to even come close to damaging it. The biggest problem I've run into are big guys (RT1) which porterhouse steak sized hands (RT1) who force the cap the wrong direction causing it to seize.:eek:
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,029
    edited August 2007
    So RT1 is really a gorilla in disguise?:eek:
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