Does Aether Audio still exist?


Their speakers were getting very good reviews a year or two ago. Now I can find no mention of them.
rja

Showing 6 responses by springbok10

Go to Audio circle and read the Aether Audio posts. That will tell you the whole sad story.
Aether Audio exists Only theoretically. Mr Smith is unreachable. Unfilled speaker and equalizer paid-for orders. Not part of any new audiophile's future, unfortunately, since he is without doubt a talented speaker designer, who has a legacy of frustrated/annoyed/disappointed buyers. Too bad when talent and lack of business sense collide - many casualties.
It's actually more than sad, because when you buy a very, very expensive set of speakers (I bought his top of the line Revelations) it's nice to be able to reach the manufacturer with questions that invariably pop up, like bi-amping details, cross-overs, other technical issues and to find that he is not accepting e-mails or calls, except through the owner of an audio forum, and only if he owes you a speaker, is more than sad. Draw your own conclusions as to the professionalism/morality of this stance.
Here I am. Looking for me? You're right- after reading what you owe the other posters it would be very un-Christian of me to ask for the $200 you've owed me since 2008. I retract the request. I donate it to the "Those Waiting For Bobs Speakers After Having Paid In Full" fund.
My address is the same as it's been since 1978. You know, where you sent the speakers but neither the equalisers (not cancelled) nor check.
Most readers will be dumbstruck/mortified/in-awe at your rant in this thread. They will feel sad/sorry/awful for the travails life has dealt you, no doubt, as did I. But, did you ever read the personal thread of the Audiogoner who died of stomach cancer and how he treated his tragedy and how the AUDIOGON community supported him to his last breath? It was awe-inspiring, Christianity at its finest, humanity personified. How will people read your lamentation with its Christian overtones? I wonder............just a thought.......and maybe at this time of your anger and bitterness you can spare a thought for the survivors of the 150 souls taken by a co-pilot madman in the Alps? Do you think their survivors will be posting these kinds of posts on a public forum? Maybe before you post this kind of ranting bluster again, you will spare a thought, in your Christianity, for real tragedies.
Mike, my and mike_cullinan's references to Christianity are an ironic reference to Bob's "Christianity" that permeates all his threads on Audiocircle and that we who have dealt with him are familiar with. In no way was I equating Humanity with Christianity for any other reason. It certainly was not a denigration of any other religion. I am as familiar as you with the causes of all the religious wars in history and their basis, so thanks for pointing that out.