Auratones - What happened to the company?

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In article <1105249607.572489.318510@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> argon@mods.com writes:

> Is there any relation to Aurasound? Just curious.

Unless there's been a recent demise (which at my age means "within the
last 10 years" ) I believe the company that makes Auratones is still
doing it. I'm not sure if the company name is/was Auratone or
something else. I can't find an ad real quick, but I'm pretty sure
I've seen one within the last few years.



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In article <znr1105270774k@trad>, mrivers@d-and-d.com (Mike Rivers)
wrote:

> In article <1105249607.572489.318510@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>
> argon@mods.com writes:
>
> > Is there any relation to Aurasound? Just curious.
>
> Unless there's been a recent demise (which at my age means "within the
> last 10 years" ) I believe the company that makes Auratones is still
> doing it. I'm not sure if the company name is/was Auratone or
> something else. I can't find an ad real quick, but I'm pretty sure
> I've seen one within the last few years.
>
>
>
> --
> I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)

I was trying to get in touch with him today, and the number I had (which
was good 2 years ago when we ordered a bunch of new Cubes) was "...not
in service..."

I fear the worst...

Jeff C.

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mwood5nospam@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> I went over to that galaxy audio site and looked at the parts page. I
> wonder if those little replacement speakers would work in my now, two
> dead Aura cube boxes? It's a lot cheaper than trying to grab a "tired"
> pair off of ebay for $300.

Who made the original drivers? CTS? Shouldn't be that hard to get the OEM to make another run and I'll bet you could move a hundred or two on eBay pretty easily.

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Days earlier I had posted the address for the working website. STILL,
everybody is assuming they are out of business. So, I called the number
on the front page of their site and VOILA! A person! They are in
business, and always have been. The company the makes Auratones is
Galaxy Audio. Here is their info again:
GALAXY AUDIO 601 E. Pawnee Wichita, Ks 67211 (800).369.7768 FAX
(316).263.0642 www.galaxyaudio.com

No need to spend $300 on ebay.

Kirt Shearer
Paradise Studios
www.paradisestudios.com


mwood5nos...@yahoo.com wrote:
> That's not really a bad idea. The original drivers are nothing
> special. I've got a few non-working one's I'd be willing to donate
to
> CTS to copy if need be. I wonder what sort of upfront money would be
> needed for a venture like this?
> Now, if they could also produce those woofers for the NS10s for
cheap,
> I'd bet we could scrape up some venture cap money and really get
going
> with this idea.
> later,
> m

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Kurt Albershardt <kurt@nv.net> wrote:
>mwood5nospam@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>> I went over to that galaxy audio site and looked at the parts page. I
>> wonder if those little replacement speakers would work in my now, two
>> dead Aura cube boxes? It's a lot cheaper than trying to grab a "tired"
>> pair off of ebay for $300.
>
>Who made the original drivers? CTS? Shouldn't be that hard to get the OEM to make another run and I'll bet you could move a hundred or two on eBay pretty easily.

There were at least three companies that made original drivers for the
Auratones, and one of the problems is that they sounded different.
--scott
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Yeah, I've got some with the double magnets glued together. What's
that about?
later,
m

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I sort of thought it was something like that. Although I was hoping
for a more Spinal Tap-like answer....like it's twice louder or
something. I was already to glue more magnets to all my drivers....
;-)

later,
m

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My email inquiring about Auratones at Galaxy was answered thusly:

--------------------------------------------------------------------

-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Kaatz [mailtolayon@comcast.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:45 PM
To: AnnaP@galaxyaudio.com
Subject: Auatones?



Hi are you still making the Auratone monitor speakers? I see no
mention of
them on your site.

---------------------------------------------------

Hello Al,

You may have us confused with another company. Galaxy Audio has only
manufactured the Hot Spot and Core monitors. Auratone was made by
another company. Sorry I couldn't be of more help!



Anna

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On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:42:59 -0800, playon <playonAT@comcast.net>
wrote:

>The Galaxy site looks to have been desigined by some moonlighting porn
>guy... hilarious.
>
>Al
>
>On 12 Jan 2005 09:55:27 -0800, kbshearer@aol.com wrote:
>
>>Days earlier I had posted the address for the working website. STILL,
>>everybody is assuming they are out of business. So, I called the number
>>on the front page of their site and VOILA! A person! They are in
>>business, and always have been. The company the makes Auratones is
>>Galaxy Audio. Here is their info again:
>>GALAXY AUDIO 601 E. Pawnee Wichita, Ks 67211 (800).369.7768 FAX
>>(316).263.0642 www.galaxyaudio.com
>>
>>No need to spend $300 on ebay.
>>
>>Kirt Shearer
>>Paradise Studios
>>www.paradisestudios.com
>>
>>
>>mwood5nos...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> That's not really a bad idea. The original drivers are nothing
>>> special. I've got a few non-working one's I'd be willing to donate
>>to
>>> CTS to copy if need be. I wonder what sort of upfront money would be
>>> needed for a venture like this?
>>> Now, if they could also produce those woofers for the NS10s for
>>cheap,
>>> I'd bet we could scrape up some venture cap money and really get
>>going
>>> with this idea.
>>> later,
>>> m

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There were a number of different no-name versions of Auratones. We had
a pair (still in use in a family member's stereo) that were knockoffs
but sounded the same. "Auraclones", w/the same drivers, similar box
etc. They were considered a good ref. monitor for radio work, but hat
was in the 1980s.

Philip Perkins

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In article <1105561211.989459.77700@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
<mwood5nospam@yahoo.com> wrote:
>I sort of thought it was something like that. Although I was hoping
>for a more Spinal Tap-like answer....like it's twice louder or
>something. I was already to glue more magnets to all my drivers....

It will cure arthritis and you'll get better gas mileage too.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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I like the little Radio Shack optimus speakers for occasional
reference. But I still liked the Auratones better and I wish I hadn't
sold mine.

Al

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 05:42:02 GMT, umbriaco <umbriaco@nyc.rr.com>
wrote:

>Well how about the TOA ME-120?
>http://www.toaelectronics.com/spk0025.asp
>Yeah, it's ported. You could always block the port.
>It's one driver!

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The K & H speakers, I can hardly find any info on that is in
English... how much do they cost? A lot I'm guessing...

Al

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 21:37:33 GMT, walkinay@thegrid.net (hank alrich)
wrote:

>play on wrote:
>
>> I like the little Radio Shack optimus speakers for occasional
>> reference. But I still liked the Auratones better and I wish I hadn't
>> sold mine.
>
>So make me an offer; pair in good shape, less the foam covers which
>disintegrated, and with an empty screw hole in the bottom from having
>been brackt mounted in a small production room. I'll even dust them off
>before shipping. <g>
>
>Of course, the ultimate (IMO) such speaker is the Klein & Hummel M50.
>But you can have my Auratones for much less than those would cost you.

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