I used to own Cary/AES Sixpac mono amps & that time Dennis Had was at the helm of the company. Thru my local audio club I/we even visited the Cary factory (little over an hour of driving where I live) & got a good tour, good listening session all done by Dennis Had himself. At that time there used to be a Billy something who was the Finance person. he did not have a good reputation at all. I also remember meeting a very cut & dry (but I was told fairly competent) tech called Jason. I do not recall ever meeting a Jam Somasundram....
Then all of sudden I noted that Dennis Had was no longer at the helm of Cary. whoa! he was the fellow who founded Cary Audio & how come he was suddenly out? I never fully understood what happened there - was there a power struggle & Dennis Had bowed/was kicked out? Or, did Cary decide to go the HT route & Dennis Had decided he had enough of audio in his life & moved on? OR, did the vulture capitalists simply take over the company?
Anyway, the Cary Audio that existed back then, say 5-6 yrs ago, does not exist today & it comes to me as no surprise that they don't care about the customer.
The audio industry as a whole is putting nails into their own coffins. As it is, this audio hobby is a niche hobby. On top of that you have far more than necessary audio manuf who care a damn about taking care of the revenue-paying customer which will only hasten the demise of these manuf in times like these. Do these audio manuf really need to behave like this to hasten their own demise??? How unnecessary!
Then all of sudden I noted that Dennis Had was no longer at the helm of Cary. whoa! he was the fellow who founded Cary Audio & how come he was suddenly out? I never fully understood what happened there - was there a power struggle & Dennis Had bowed/was kicked out? Or, did Cary decide to go the HT route & Dennis Had decided he had enough of audio in his life & moved on? OR, did the vulture capitalists simply take over the company?
Anyway, the Cary Audio that existed back then, say 5-6 yrs ago, does not exist today & it comes to me as no surprise that they don't care about the customer.
The audio industry as a whole is putting nails into their own coffins. As it is, this audio hobby is a niche hobby. On top of that you have far more than necessary audio manuf who care a damn about taking care of the revenue-paying customer which will only hasten the demise of these manuf in times like these. Do these audio manuf really need to behave like this to hasten their own demise??? How unnecessary!