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The Texas Star 350 mini
- Thread starter AudioShockwav
- Start date
Well that's cute! Is that something new or is that a piece of history?
Please give us some context, sir!
That's some sloppy soldering, I am going to call Texas Star Monday and ask John if this is legitimate.
Supposed to be the new 350 with HG transistors
73
Jeff
Supposed to be the new 350 with HG transistors
73
Jeff
I bet it is. Not long ago I received a 500v with soldering that looked about like that and I had to have a word with John about it. He wasn't pleased but said the assemblers were definitely not doing well with the production at that time.
I do like the little amp though, old school vibe but something different that we haven't seen. Better suitability in a mobile environment.
It's a real thing.
Texas Star 350V MINI https://share.google/T9EJ4SZnGHH6eTp1b
Texas Star 350V MINI https://share.google/T9EJ4SZnGHH6eTp1b
that's a really bad clone so much about that shows its not the real deal just because truck is selling them don't mean its from texas star the gaps are way off the blue light when the buttons already light up is an oddball why don't the nob match with all that aside smaller cabinets are not better things need to breath no matter what it is amps get hot radios get hot they all need the most cooling they can get or they blow up and then its the tuners fault or the manufactures fault according to the buyer but someone needs to ask mike about it there is a few people making new replacement cabs for texas star amps the font if even off from the real deal texas star amps
Interesting, has anyone had any contact with TS lately?
I have called and talked to both John and Mike before in the past no problem, now the phone just rings and disconnects, no voice mail options anymore.
73
Jeff
I have called and talked to both John and Mike before in the past no problem, now the phone just rings and disconnects, no voice mail options anymore.
73
Jeff
I spoke to Mike, about a month ago. He is definitely getting hard to reach.
I heard from a random Facebook post that supposedly Galaxy was going to be shutting down allegedly Ranger was stealing galaxies ideas for radios and they wanted too much money to build radios And that's the reason why Galaxy doesn't have a wide variety of radios anymore because Galaxy doesn't have the capital to pay Ranger to make different lines of radios the last time I spoke to Mike he said that he was buying the Texas Star Line and was going to hire the old techs and bring on some new ones I believe but it was a very slow process and that production on the Texas Star was going to basically be at a crawl I'll see if I can find that message and I'll post it I don't know how credible the Facebook post is because people say things all the time I also Google and looked at a bunch of different shops and tried to find videos on the mini and I didn't find anything other than trucks selling it no other shops has it no other shops are advertising it
Hi.This is Mike.We are in a lull in production of 1600s.I am taking the helmet of T.S.I will be using our assembler from 5 years ago.It won't be soon.I'll make a note to contact you.
that's the last message i got from mike
I do know that the lead engineer, Mr Fan that was working for Ranger retired, he was the design guy for them, that was well over a year ago, and that's why ranger was re-hashing old model's.
This came from inside Ranger.
Fan developed the last Galaxy/Connex models, I don't see how Ranger could be stealing Ideas when he was the guy doing the design work.
He even testified before the FCC that he had redesigned one of the Connex models to make it harder to mod for out of band operations during a case.
I can confirm that TS was offered to Mike, and he had not made a decision last we talked.
I don't know.
Before I would just call and ask, John always seemed to be honest and straight up about what was going on.
With no answer to the phone.......
I guess time will tell.
73
Jeff
Not that I'm looking to buy one but I had to investigate this amplifier a little bit. A salesman I've known for years from one of the wholesalers gave me the scoop. Yes the 350 mini is the real deal from Texas star and it is completely replacing the 350hdv.
So Mike called all the wholesalers to introduce himself as the new owner of Texas star and to give them the new price lists. He told them that the 350 mini is taking place of the 350hdv, and the 500v and 1600 will still be available as we know them for a little while longer.
I got the word from a very reliable source so I'm satisfied with the info.
So Mike called all the wholesalers to introduce himself as the new owner of Texas star and to give them the new price lists. He told them that the 350 mini is taking place of the 350hdv, and the 500v and 1600 will still be available as we know them for a little while longer.
I got the word from a very reliable source so I'm satisfied with the info.
Hi....I designed the 350 mini as a sleeker design but part for part it is the exact duplicate as the 350 and using the hg transistors,however a smaller cost for the value without meter. this is straight from mike
And that makes sense for cost savings , one can only hope that with Mike at the helm quality may get bact to what it was in the past.
Recently there have been examples of some poor assembly work.
73
Jeff