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Quote:
Originally Posted by JCricket
As a former avid amatuer astronomer, my first thoughts went to telescopes.
here is a list:
Televue
astrophysics
discovery
TEC
D&G
All of these have incredible reputations. They cost a bit more, but they far surpass anyting from celestron, meade, or orion.
I am not 100% certain the optics in the televue, and TEC are made here. But everything else in them and the other scopes are made here.
Just an fyi, astrophics will set you back about $4k for a 4" scope. Compare that to a $250 dollar scope from china. But, Roland Christian(astrophysics) has about a four year waiting list to get one of his as well.
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A friend of mine has an AMAZING Astrophysics 6" apocromatic refractor. But, at eleven grand, I'll never own one. I do own a few Televue eyepieces though. Nice stuff.
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06-25-2010, 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by d-ray657
What are some of those brands?
Regards,
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McIntosh
Magnepan
Vandersteen
Grado
Manley
SVS
Van Alstine
ARC
Martin-Logan
Just to name a few.
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09-16-2010, 02:51 PM
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If you still buy incandescent light bulbs Sylvania still makes theirs here in the US of A.
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09-16-2010, 08:46 PM
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Dang, im surprised anyones still making bulbs in the states. I'll keep that in mind.
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12-24-2010, 10:56 AM
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02-01-2011, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Boreas
Once upon a time Wal-Mart advertised that every product they sold was made in America. How quaint!
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I still have yet to set foot in a Wal Mart.
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02-02-2011, 01:09 AM
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Quote:
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I still have yet to set foot in a Wal Mart.
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You aren't missing anything, but long lines, messy disorganized shelves and cashiers that look like they coundn't care less.
Dave
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02-02-2011, 05:40 AM
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02-02-2011, 12:45 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlueStreak
You aren't missing anything, but long lines, messy disorganized shelves and cashiers that look like they coundn't care less.
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Yeah, I don't get it. I did a little price checking and other than a sale items the Target and Kmart are often less expensive. They are nice and clean too. The Wal Mart has taken a bit of the local Kmarts biz though. That would really suck if it were to close because the K Mart seems to be the best of those two if you factored in employees who are friendly, helpful and seem to like working there.
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Originally Posted by JJIII
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Oh, well that changes things lol!
Carl
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