Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site


In the Forum: Horn-Loaded Speakers
In the Thread: Bye-Bye, Fane
Post Subject: Your words: "This driver had no competitors"Posted by oxric on: 3/30/2011
fiogf49gjkf0d
 Romy the Cat wrote:
Well, I do not care one way or another and I truly have no “concern”. I have my drivers; I think I have some spare – so why would I care about new productions.


Romy, I am very pleased that you have your drivers. And even more pleased that you have your spares as well. I am not that fortunate and I imagine that those who, like me, would like to buy these new drivers, and do not share your fortunate lot in life, may well appreciate the opportunity to obtain these new Fane 8M drivers.

You did however express a number of, what shall we call them, not 'concerns', maybe 'offhand reflections' or 'reservations' in an earlier post: 

 Romy the Cat wrote:
Be careful with their claims that they will be “manufactured to the same specification as the original unit”. They all claim this but really is never the same... I do not say anything bad about fane – they were in past good to my custom orders. 


I think you are speaking from past experience here. Certainly the misadventures you have had with APS PurePower and possibly other companies should not blind you or us to the fact that companies are quite capable of replicating products they produced in the past especially when they have access to the original part suppliers as is the case here.


 Romy the Cat wrote:

 I credit myself with this discovery and as I do not remember at that time nether Fane nor anybody else made any implication that Studio 8M is interesting driver.


And I am sure that you are quite rightly entitled to that credit. Given you have already claimed credit for it in the past, I do not think anyone is likely to forget in the near future. Personally, I honestly feel that this is the very least of the 'discoveries' or credits that should be laid squarely at your doorstep, Romy, for which I am, and I imagine certainly many others are, grateful.

 Romy the Cat wrote:

If Fane feels that their Studio 8M such a great driver and shall be sold as some kind of "unique drivers" then why they stopped to made them?


That's pure speculation on your part. I do not think you know what Fane feels about the Studio 8M drivers. When I mentioned it to them, they seemed to be blissfully unaware that people might be interested in it. None of the people I have spoken to at Fane has ever claimed that they perceive it as "unique drivers." On the other hand, I have little doubt that you do...


 Romy the Cat wrote:

 To ask individual retail customers to pay a lot of money and to collect buyers for them is not what I would like them to do



I honestly do not understand where you got that notion. Fane never asked anybody anything regarding these drivers. I did. I approached them. I aksed them to repair my drivers and to look into the possibility of doing another production run. They explained they could not do so unless they could deal with  a VAT registered retailer, as they cannot deal with end-users directly. I had to find an audio retailer based in Wokingham who was willing to act as an intermediary. As for 'what [you] would like them to do,' with all due respect, I do not think that Fane cares very much about that.



 Romy the Cat wrote:

If you willing to volunteer to become their pro-bono sales guy then there is nothing wrong with it if you like such a job title.


As you say Romy, sales people have to make a living and there is nothing wrong in the job title. I respect the profession although I do not think that I have the skills and talent for it. I do have my fair share of letters after my name, and they are not too bad either.

 Romy the Cat wrote:

 I see a lot of voluntarism in the events from your, Rakesh, side


But please remember, if it does work out, I get some new Fane drivers. If not, I don't. So it's not pure voluntarism although I am glad to offer the opportunity to those who would like it.


 Romy the Cat wrote:

If the sources of the part are available and if the know how is still in the fane hands then where is the stock Studio 8M? This driver had no competitors and was the higher sensitivity among 8"inchers with sun 100Hz resonance and had surprising tone, among other things.



You have said it better than I could Romy. Except that I really do not loose sleep over why Fane as a company does what it does. On the other hand, if the driver has no competitors, as you put it, then you might understand why having a limited production run whilst the company is still around is surely a real opportunity that  may not materialise again in the near future, if ever.

 Romy the Cat wrote:

At that time Fane was selling Studio 8M for $72 retail, it menaces that for bulk of 50 driver it would be around $25 per driver.


$25 per driver? So you price a Fane driver that takes such an important place in your playback, at less than the price of one of these Cohibas that you are so fond of? I doubt in this day and age with the price of raw materials, cost of fuel and labour in the UK, that $25 would get you a Fane 8M. Do you know of any good drivers that sell for $25 apiece, Romy?

If anybody wants the drivers, they can contact me here: rakeshpoorun@gmail.com


Best regards
Rakesh

Rerurn to Romy the Cat's Site