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I am a fan of Avid turntables and I really like Conrad Mas the owner. But man, you have to wonder…
Years ago, shortly after Conrad ended his disastrous previous US distributor relationship, we talked at one of the shows. He said if Suncoast was to come on board, he promised me - gave me his word - he would never have another US distributor. He was going to build the US market and wanted us to come on board.
I agreed and invested. I brought in every table he made. We even had some of his early cartridges and all of his phonostages.
Fast forward a few years and we get notified that Focal North America had taken over US distribution for Avid.
I immediately called Conrad and told him that he had broken his word to me. I told him this was a terrible move on his part. This was not a fit, even if he wanted a distributor. Even though we work with FNA, I was not continuing. We sold off our stock and moved on.
Well, it turned out to be a terrible decision. Avid fell off the map completely in America as I predicted.
And today…this came across my desk.
SMH.
Years ago, shortly after Conrad ended his disastrous previous US distributor relationship, we talked at one of the shows. He said if Suncoast was to come on board, he promised me - gave me his word - he would never have another US distributor. He was going to build the US market and wanted us to come on board.
I agreed and invested. I brought in every table he made. We even had some of his early cartridges and all of his phonostages.
Fast forward a few years and we get notified that Focal North America had taken over US distribution for Avid.
I immediately called Conrad and told him that he had broken his word to me. I told him this was a terrible move on his part. This was not a fit, even if he wanted a distributor. Even though we work with FNA, I was not continuing. We sold off our stock and moved on.
Well, it turned out to be a terrible decision. Avid fell off the map completely in America as I predicted.
And today…this came across my desk.
SMH.
