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In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane
Post Subject: Helpful Romy? What's next? Rational and civilised discussion?Posted by oxric on: 4/17/2011
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 Romy the Cat wrote:

Rakesh posted an add at DiyAudio site, in wrong forum in my view but it is what it is.



However, in an earlier post, where you suggested that I was knocking 'at the wrong door', you wrote:

 Romy the Cat wrote:


I think if you would like to form an army of happy buyers then you might try to make announcement at DIYadio.com, AA and alike sites where people are more accustomed to such events.



Having said this, we should not be overly concerned or surprised about a few inconsistencies coming from you so I do not really mind.

 Romy the Cat wrote:

OK, I think I need to help to poor Rakesh to sell his Fanes.  If he do not find his 50 buyers then he will be suffer from need to buy all of them as the ugly Fane people will not give him a break, selling o him as many drivers as he has managed to sell for them.Rgs, Romy the Cat



Romy, I applaud the sentiment and welcome all help, especially if it is meaningful and given with a pure heart with no innuendos and no ulterior motives. Is your offer to help genuine? I have my doubts but I will not be accused of not having faith in the kindness of my fellow man (or cat) so I will accept it as being sincerely meant. So thanks.

I imagine that if you look at the number of orders for the Fane 8Ms, you will see that I have orders for maybe 10-13 pairs and so need only to get another 12-15 orders. Even if I was receiving two confirmed orders a week, it should mean that the required number should be reached by the end of May, maybe earlier.

I will look into placing a post on TAS, but will have to register first. Romy, if you are a member, and if you really want to be helpful you could word an appropriate post in the appropriate section on TAS with a link to the 'diyaudio' Fane 8M Group Buy thread?

You used the phrase 'ugly Fane people' in the post above. I honestly am mystified and slightly irritated that you take such a negative attitude to Fane, given that you have had no specific dealings with them and all I have written is to the effect that the company seems to be trustworthy and the staff there professional. Is it necessary to treat all manufacturers with the same brush? It suggests a childish and overly cynical view of manufacturers, one that cannot be taken too seriously. One would gain more by adopting a slightly less jaundiced vision of the manufacturers that populate our interest, and this in turn would enable one to discriminate more finely between the good, the bad and the ugly. We had a similar discussion years ago in the 'Schroder's' thread so I am not saying anything new. Admittedly, it is a hobby that seems to attract, by its nature, more than its fair share of charlatans and snake oil vendors but I would say that Fane is not one of them.

A slightly more balanced view of industry operators would do your site a huge amount of good. It would invite more productive discussion of a number of interesting goods and services that may be of interest to anyone thinking of treading the difficult horn multichannel loudspeaker path. Your invariably pertinent and insightful comments might influence a higher standard in the industry generally than we are presently used to. Of course, knowing you, I doubt it will ever happen but imagine if instead of scaring off the industry insiders you engaged with them in meaningful discussion?

Only recently, you commented that I appeared to be under the delusion that the LeCleach flare is considered by many to be superior to the tractrix for the higher frequencies. Guess what, Romy? Not only am I aware of it but I have read fairly long discourses online about the respective merits of these different flares. It would have been nice if such a discussion could take place here. I hope someday it will although I somehow am not sure it will ever happen. Quite a tragedy in my view.

Best regards
Rakesh

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