Even the part about going to private school?
Yes sir, from grade school all through college. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif
Yep, a DOA member with a bachelor's degree matt! The shock and horror you must be experiencing right now!
My opinion is this. YES this motor should not have passed QC. Did it happen? Yes. Would DJ let it happen had he known about it? I don't think so. That's one of the problems with producing things overseas and out of your sight. You can only trust people so much. They are out to make a buck just like everyone else, and sometimes things might suffer. Out of the thousands of subs that AQ has made, how many do you think have this problem? Whats an acceptable percentage?
Obviously nobody is perfect, but frankly you just came off as real salty in your first post, like you think this is the way that AQ does business all the time. The fact of the matter is that DJ does this for fun and not for money. He likes giving people good products at awesome prices. And he does that very well. Occasionally problems are going to happen, and unfortunately that problem landed in your hands where you gotta blab about it to the entire world and bring down DJ and his products.
I rarely see you do this to anyone else, especially companies that you have had (good) deals with in the past. Only until after they stop giving you deals do you start the bashfest. Or maybe after you find out they WON'T give you a deal.
Since you are firmly attached to AE's nuts, how about we discuss their little (MASSIVE) design flaw that had unsewn lead wires that could come into contact with an aluminum cone? The solution? A big, fat glob of silicone. That's some ingenuity right there. But I'm sure you guys have figured out that issue now (after you guys got bashed unmercifully). But now that you are in the driver's seat everything is ok to say now right? Who cares what everyone else thinks, because YOU'RE correct. Just remember what has happened in the past and let that dictate what you say in the future. You're not here to make friends? I'd beg to differ. What are you here for then? To show off how awesome you are?
I've tested things for other companies and have found some unfavorable results. You know what I do? I talk to the company direct and give them my insight. I don't make threads on forums calling out these companies and calling their business practices shameful. What does that solve? Now only do you tick the company off, now you tick off anybody who runs their stuff. Great idea. And you wonder why this thread has turned into 10+ pages?
But since I'm not in your shoes I don't know how it feels to have everyone hate you and thus you have to try and prove your superiority in other, more technical, fashions.
I don't run AQ, nor do I plan on it, but the way you handled this situation only further proves that no company should EVER work with you on ANYTHING. Some things are best left private. If nothing comes out of it (like in this situation), it shouldn't be your civil duty to go and cry on all the forums about it. Get over yourself and realize that you don't deserve an award for knowing more about subwoofer design than the average schmo.
I don't have a problem with you in person, but sometimes I question your attitude on the forums.