Sorlowski its kind of like this, you are going out on this blind date that your buddy's wife set-up for you and she is supposedly the cat's meow you see and you have this great anticipation as you go to her place to pick her up. She keeps you waiting and waiting until your anticipation turns to apprehension and you start getting agitated and questioning how you got talked into this mess in the first place and then......finally she makes her entrance and you are entranced by her, totally completely.
OK I admit I got a bit mellow dramatic on that one but I only used it cause it happened exactly like that, same with the Syrah but much worse and a lot longer. After waiting 7 months after being told it would be 3, I can understand the frustration and aggravation. To add further to the wait, several of the tubes were trashed, the power cable was missing and this by the Custom goons who cut a hole into the package and apparently threw everything back into the box without any type of human courtesay to do the right thing and package it the way they found it. You talk about being pissed off and irate. When I passed this info on to Mick his response was he was going to Fed-x me ANOTHER Syrah to replace my damaged one, immediately. Well the damage wasn't so bad after I cooled off, the lacquor finish was cracked on a couple of the edges but was easily repaired and the chrome was intact. The short side of this sad tale is that when I finally got this pre-amp running (about a week after I received it) all my aggravation and frustration were replaced by an instant smile and joy at the whole affair. No I wasn't happy about the custom a-holes, or the wait but it just didn't matter anymore it was all worth it in the end.
Mick is an optimist, keep that in mind. He sure means to have the pre to you in 3 months but I expect his intentions are a little ahead of the reality of his work load. Don't worry, be happy!
OK I admit I got a bit mellow dramatic on that one but I only used it cause it happened exactly like that, same with the Syrah but much worse and a lot longer. After waiting 7 months after being told it would be 3, I can understand the frustration and aggravation. To add further to the wait, several of the tubes were trashed, the power cable was missing and this by the Custom goons who cut a hole into the package and apparently threw everything back into the box without any type of human courtesay to do the right thing and package it the way they found it. You talk about being pissed off and irate. When I passed this info on to Mick his response was he was going to Fed-x me ANOTHER Syrah to replace my damaged one, immediately. Well the damage wasn't so bad after I cooled off, the lacquor finish was cracked on a couple of the edges but was easily repaired and the chrome was intact. The short side of this sad tale is that when I finally got this pre-amp running (about a week after I received it) all my aggravation and frustration were replaced by an instant smile and joy at the whole affair. No I wasn't happy about the custom a-holes, or the wait but it just didn't matter anymore it was all worth it in the end.
Mick is an optimist, keep that in mind. He sure means to have the pre to you in 3 months but I expect his intentions are a little ahead of the reality of his work load. Don't worry, be happy!