Re: [IRCA] A 2010 with issues (re: Kiwa Loop)
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Re: [IRCA] A 2010 with issues (re: Kiwa Loop)



Thanks for the info on the Kiwa..wow...then I must have had mine since 193 or so...it still looks as great today as it did the day I got it.
 
George in VA

 

> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:15:17 -0700
> From: dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] A 2010 with issues (re: Kiwa Loop)
> 
> I was involved with some testing of prototypes for the Kiwa Loop when he was
> developing it, and also for the rare "MAP" unit (I also designed the front
> panel).
> 
> If memory serves correctly, Craig manufactured the Kiwa "High Performance MW
> Loop" from late 1989 to 1992-93. When his supplier of the large diameter PVC
> tubing stopped carrying the product it was too expensive and a hassle to get
> the material from farther away. Like with the MAP unit, Craig "over
> designed" the Kiwa Loop and it was not very profitable for him. It took a
> lot of electronic assembly and mechanical assembly to built one (including
> the spiral grooves for the loop wire cut into the PVC with his clever, home
> made spiral cutting machine). These two Kiwa products were just not cost
> effective for him to build. It was also getting harder for him to acquire
> the Murata filters used inside the MAP.
> 
> Craig learned early on from the NTK and Murata filter companies about the
> coming "DSP revolution" that would make small ceramic filters for receivers
> obsolete. Even in the mid-1990s they were starting to shut down their
> factories.
> 
> Guy Atkins
> Puyallup, WA
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