Hey Brandon,
As a dealer of Ology audio products I simply want to tell you what's
been going on and why you should never deal with Adire audio again.
on 10/6/2005 I ordered a fully custom 6.5" with 13mm one way, 93db/w
efficency, 100w RMS, etc (as you know since you're the dealer)
here's the exact email message from dan@adireaudio to me:
"Matthew,It's $120 for each - custom machined protos are expensive...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif
You can send the check to:
Adire Audio
2006 196th Street SW Suite 102
Lynnwood, WA 98036
Or you can call and place the order at 425 778 9663.
Dan"
that day I called in the order... 13 weeks ago now
his exact words on Oct 1, 2005
"Once the price and spec are accepted, we can build a prototype.
Prototypes take 4-6 weeks to build."
no "it might take 4-6 weeks"... they TAKE 4-6 weeks!!!!
I never even bothered Dan or Adire at all until the 5th week... when I
requested an update via email
on November 12th, 2005 I received an email from Dan after asking for
status and it simply said "we're working on VC's now for testing and it
will be another few weeks (3 weeks)
so I didn't even talk to him about it... till two thursdays ago...being
the exact 11 week mark!!!!!!
he told me this exactly:
"Matthew,
Sorry for the delay, my chief engineer had some personal issues to
resolve and I had to cover his role these last few days. Anyway, I
should have those drivers going out early this coming week."
fine... early last week... sounded ok and forgiveable as he did
apologize for the first time and all!!!
well I call him wednes (MIDDLE of the week) and he says:
"well he's copper plating the motors right now, but it's almost done"
I asked specifically if it would still be shipped out that week (last
week) and he stated yes!!!
come friday took 100 phone calls from 3 different people to get ahold of
him "it'll be shipped out today overnight!" he said!!!!!!!!!!
monday TODAY... no package (should have arrived saturday) no news...
over 200 phone calls today to Adire... no answer.... 4 voicemails and
NO email responses
it's OVER plain and simple... any manufacturer that wants to treat
customers this way will inevitably fail miserably
the lies and all this... and on top of that XBL2 isn't even that
great!!!!!!!! it requires far more mms than underhung... has ridges in
the BL curve and is EXPENSIVE to make!!!!
our prototype will be done FAR better by end of the week early next
week... and ADIRE can take a several hundred thousand dollar order loss
and cry into their pillows
anyone EVER thinking of doing business with adire in any way should
seriously reconsider... not only is dan a complete and total jerk
sometimes... but the take advantage of their customers like some time
of megalomaniac
Matthew Rich
President Ology Audio LLC