........i think it is pretty Fuc#ed up for you to come into what amounts to someones place of business with the obvious intent to stir the pot. i know for a fact that Frank Van Alstine would not approve of it or condone it.you claim it is not your intent to start any controversy but you are obviously trying to do just that.you posted earlier that you were a new Odyssey customer from Toronto and wished to meet with Klaus at the rocky mountain audiofest. i would pay good money to see that meeting. a moderator should ban you for this stupid Bullshit!get a life Spirit. WCW III
You know what, this is a public forum, not Klaus's living room. Spirit has the right to ask any question he chooses.
You're doing a gross diservice to the musiclovers involved in this hobby. This forum should not be a refuge were only content Odyssey Audio customers could gahter to play slapass and hand-job each other.
Every manufactor, even the ones who charge ridiculously high amounts of money (think the price a new home) run into problems with their gear. That's the nature of the science behind audio gear.
A few months ago I sat back and read the forum, as someone posted some link to reviews of the Tempest which expressed unfavorable and negative experiences with the pre amp; and a majority of the guys here circled the wagons, dissmissed any validity or truth and slammed the guy who posted the link. I was disgusted by the narrow-minded and self-serving arrogance of some of these people.
It was dispicable that anyone could automatically assume because they had a positive experience and no functional problems with their Tempest, that there was not even a remote possibility that another customer (or several customers as in this case ) may have in fact had a defective piece of gear and had nothing but problems in trying to sort it out with Klaus. The possibility was completely ignored as people grasped at straws and reached for justifications and mindless selective reasoning to discredit the guy who posted the link and the negative reviews of the Tempest.
Sadly, I knew from my own experience that 99% of what those reviews (and posters ) claimed was fact. I knew this because I ran into many of the same problems detailed in the reviews. And it was a major pain in the butt, a major inconvienance and a major headache trying to get it sorted out. To tell you the truth, it was shocking how many PMs and e-mails I was receiving from other Tempest owners who were running into the same problems and were reaching out to communicate with other Tempest owners. This was rather widespread and not quite so isolated.
Even more surprising was that I was receiving these PMs not only here, but on other audio forums where I had discussed or mentioned I owned the Tempest.
Klaus for the most part makes and sells excellent gear. But when there is a problem it should not be swept under the rug, ignored or defended by Odyssey Audio gear owners and treated as if everyone else is lying. In my opinion it is far more productive and efficient to address the problem immediately and find a solution. Rather than attacking customers who paid good, hard earned money for a product which was completely messed up.
I completely understand people defending their gear choices and expressing their love and satisfaction of their gear. I do that too.
But there's a significant difference between expressing love and satisfaction of one's gear, and behaving like a complete homer who defends anything and everything related to the gear and manufactor, without ever considering the possibility that there may in fact be a problem with the gear. Just because yours works great, doesn't mean everyone else is experiencing the same thing.
Ultimately, you are only misleading new Odyssey Audio customers and turning-off potential new customers who usually immediately recognize the homer mentality (circling of the wagons), become wary and distrustfull of the information on this forum and of trying Odyssey Audio gear at all. The one's who do purchase and end up with a dud, get a bad taste in their mouth and wash their hands of Odyssey gear all together.
Without a doubt your reaction to Spirit's post was a gross, unfair over-reaction. Nothing in his post remotely warranted such a response.
