Townshend Springs under Speakers

The hypocrisy is that MC ridiculed forum members for providing positive comments to @rixthetrick, citing that we "all got played" by him and hardy har har comments....all because it turns out Rix is going to be bringing speakers to market soon. In the meantime MC somehow claims to maintain the ethics of Gandhi after having conditioned hundreds of forum members to lust after Townshend springs for the past year simply to tee up the proclamation that he’s becoming their US dealer. These are just facts, not opinion. Nearly every other dealer on this forum has the class, business ethic, and decency to make full disclosure on products they support with a business relationship.

thanks jayctoy and tobes.

Nearly every other dealer on this forum has the class, business ethic, and decency to make full disclosure on products they support with a business relationship.

Assuming this is fact, what if the dealer opportunity came up recently? I mean it's hard to believe MC was courting this arrangement from his first Townshend post. It would hardly be the first time enthusiasm for a product led to product representation.
I realise how it looks, but is that unethical? 

I was a little surprised that MC publicly announced my intention to build speakers in the US, in such a manner, a model as yet not designed.

However it is true, that is my intention for the future.
I had never told MC that he was not to mention it, there was no pledge of secrecy, I did not consider a conflict of interest though. As the speakers I currently own, that I built myself, are made of materials that are no longer available, it didn't occur to me to be an issue??

New Zealand company Laminex no longer produces HD3, which is 1.6 times denser than HDF board. Many already know I am trying to find a replacement material much like Panzerholz, and have had help by some Agon members in tracking down good materials for a highly inert enclosure structure.

@three_easy_payments - I cannot deny your sentiments, however, as those particular products have largely provided such good results (not for everyone) for most. I would hope that flaming a good product from a good manufacturer for personal clashes could be shelved?

Despite personal grievances some may have with MC, if indeed there is merit in the talk of MC being a dealer for them? I would hope a quality product should be allowed to flourish that provides benefits to other members of this forum.

@tobes and @rix  I agree with much of what you both said.  A couple of points:

1) I like the Townshend Seismic pods that I bought last year.  I think they perform well and are priced fairly.  In no way have I ever flamed their products but I do know that others have and shouldn't do so if the basis is simply a personal grievance with MC.  

2) While I suspect MC didn't necessarily know or even contemplate a year ago he was going to become a dealer he certainly did know at some point days, weeks, months ago - at which point he should have disclosed this fact amidst all the product gushing.  In my view, once he knew he was becoming a dealer he should have made that ethical disclosure.  I suspect every other dealer of products on this forum would agree.