Grail T5 Speakers


Two recent issues of Stereophile featured large ads for these previously unknown speakers. I responded to the first ad and received a download "book" explaining why the speakers were so great. A number of emails to someone identifying themselves as JV Grail ensued. He had a complicated sales pitch asking me to buy the speakers and host demonstrations in my home for which I would be credited to the point that the speakers would be free. That was just red flag #1. Others followed, including no identification of the company's locale, only a Facebook site that featured zero customer input or reviews. The emails developed an unpleasant almost scolding tone, especially when I did agree to be a demonstrator and did not respond to his offer to take my money and invest it in Bitcoin! He suggested that these remarkable opportunities were a "no brainer." At last word, he was working on a second round of speakers, yet no customer reviews were ever posted. I contacted Stereophile and they terminated the ads, but not before a second one appeared in the next edition. This had all the hallmarks of a scam. Does anyone have further information or did anyone ever receive a pair of the speakers?
rrochelle

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Sorry Craig. I don’t remember you. A bit harsh? Yet his slanderous and reckless post was not? OK. And to call Stereophile? That’s real mature. And for the record, I don’t owe it to him or you or to anyone to reveal confidential information regarding who I did design work for. I’m selling Grails... not past design projects. I didn’t even need to reveal that I’ve been in hi-end audio since 1994. You said you were asking me when your speakers would ship? So you ordered a pair? I don’t have a deposit for anyone named Craig. I’m confused... one minute you say you were going to order a pair and now you said you did. There’s usually a reason I stop responding to people. 
First of all, why are my posts being deleted? This is obviously not a fair forum. Secondly... let me rephrase this as polite as I can...when a potential customer starts off our communication saying “it’s been a rough road with “Martin Logan” I say to myself... how can Martin Logan a multi-million dollar speaker company not be able to remedy a problem after 5 attempts over 5 years? It tells me, it’s not ML... it’s the customer. That doesn’t sound like the type of customer I want to sell speakers to. Sorry. And my gut reaction was correct... you didn’t even have a pair of speakers yet and you were complaining to a magazine. So you’re one of those types that like to complain. It’s OK. But you will never own a pair of my speakers. Let’s just leave it at that. Please do not report this post either. You can’t expect to start a fist fight and not get punched back. You don’t want to be offended? Then keep your fingers from starting strings like this.