Kal, perfectly succinct if you ask me. But the ensuing confusion was priceless. Though I can see how it happened with the thread title asking the question exactly opposite from the text itself. Hilarious Hijinks.
In the language the question was asked, when you answered "Yes" to the question "does anybody know if they're still in business?", all we know is that someone, "as of a few days ago", in fact knew whether they were still in business. No clue whatsoever whether they were or were not in business.
So, now that we know that you (or someone you know) knows the answer to "Are they still in business?", let me ask for the offical record: Are they still in business?.
I think what confused people by your simple answer of "Yes", was that the TITLE to this thread was: "Is Music Hall out of business".
Your answer of YES through some people off, as they looked at the title, rather than at the question inside the thread.
By the way, since we have coresponded before regarding the Revel Studios, (which we both own), I thought I would let you know that I have upgraded my amplifiers to the Lamm M2.1s. Wow! They have turned what I once considered good speakers into great speakers. (The extended frequency response that these speakers are capable of, given the right amps, is amazing. Not to mention the soundstaging and imaging.) If you ever get a chance to listen to a system with these amps, you should take the opportunitiy, IMHO. (They are the best amplifiers I have heard, and thanks to my "ever upgrading" buddy, I have heard quite a few amps. Although even he has stated that he has finally found his final amps, the Lamm M2.2s!) Although, I have not heard your particular Classe amps, so I have no comparision to your amps. (Although my same buddy had the CA-401 for years, before he too discovered the Lamms). Anyway, thought you might be interested.
My bad and apologies to all, I shouldn't read AA right before bed I guess.
Kal, please let me know what "succint" means, us "bumpkins" have a hard time understanding such words.
Not all of us are as edjucated as you.
Sarcasm:
Pronunciation: 'sär-"ka-z&m Function: noun
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French sarcasme, from Late Latin sarcasmos, from Greek sarkasmos, from sarkazein to tear flesh, bite the lips in rage, sneer, from sark-, sarx flesh; probably akin to Avestan thwar&s- to cut
1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
2 a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b : the use or language of sarcasm
Not implying anything. He asked 'does anybody know if they're still in business?' and my answer of 'As of a few days ago, yes,' should be pretty clear: My information is a few days old but YES!
I find it surprising that someone cannot understand such a succinct answer in the same language as used for the question.
That would have been a catastrophe. One would have to go to Shanling, Onix or Usher to buy the same CD player, or to Sumiko or Goldring to buy the same turntable.
Say it isn't so... first Red Trumpet now the mentioning of this? I'm with Mattybumpkin, as Kal this really needs to be confirmed with more then just throwing out a YES.
Roy Hall is sometimes out of the country for extended periods which seems to cause emails and phone calls not to be answered right away. It's a very small operation. You should get a response with time. Also, Roy relies pretty heavily on his dealers to handle parts and service issues. If you have an urgent inquiry you may want to take that route.
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