"Stewart Pinkerton" wrote in message
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I appreciate the problems if he's a 'one man band' and a new
dad, but
at the end of the day I'll need products, not
promises............

I've been absent from the forum for awhile. It does seem like
John's backed up right now but trying to work out the backlog.
Apparently Stryke will be changing it's name Jan 1st due to
trademark issues. Looks like Acoustic Elegance is the leading
candidate.

FYI, I ordered my AV15s during the first preorder back in Oct
'02. I believe John ordered 500 AV15s from TC Sounds with the
intent to have several hundred left over to keep in stock. TC
Sounds messed up the voice coils (single 4 ohm instead of dual 2
ohm) which delayed shipments until Jan '03. By the time they
shipped John had sold out of all the drivers! Since then Kyle at
www.acoustic-visions.com has been keeping drivers in stock but
they're currently out due to waiting on the new design (dual
spider) but Kyle won't ship outside USA.

If you can handle the wait and get the UK shipping worked out the
AV15 are certainly worth it. If not, go for the Tempest. A 3x2
array of Tempests will be as good as four AV15s or three Tumults


I previously had a Velodyne F1800R and thought it was king. The
IB wipes the floor with it in every way...including cost. I had
planned on performing a level matched DBT but there was no need.
The F1800 now sits behind the computer.