Does Anybody Remember Rocket Speakers?

Ah yes, lots of fond memories of the AV123/Rocket era. It felt like a great community on the forums back then, and the product being delivers was (mostly) very high quality for the money (until it wasn't). 

Shame about Mark, turned out to be a real scumbag. So many lies, broken promises big and small, continuing even until fairly recently as far as I recall - see the Core Power Technologies fiasco which left plenty of Agon forum members waiting ages for their product to show up. Mark supposedly sold that company for "health" reasons only to pop up soon after with a new company called Vera-Fi Audio. None of it makes sense, no idea why industry people seem to give Mark chance after chance after chance when his behavior never changes. 

Yes, I remember the community had a cultish devotion to Mark and would attack anyone that didn't eternally praise their av123 speakers. 

Value always is popular - especially if you are some our younger audiophiles out there. 

The question is: does is matter WHO you are buying your gear from? 

Would you buy a Tesla from "King Elon?" I won't. 

Would you buy a $4,000 fuse of $35,000 pair of speaker cables from My Pillow guy down here in Orange County when he sits in his Ferrari and makes fun of Gene from Audioholics for catching COVID from the RBH guys in the second week of March 2020? YouTube.com video and everything? I can pass on that too. 

But there are others who don't care. And that's their prerogative. 

One of the most liberal (and quite gay) ex-industry execs is an EV enthusiast and he and his husband BOTH drive Teslas. They say "buy one used and get indy service". I love those boys but I am can't go with that. Mercedes EVs have the same depreciation. Many other options. Hyundai, even. Many. Rivian. So many.