Yes it is true, I have absolutely no knowledge of the facts here, none at all. I apologize for my ignorance :weird:
Chris, Where you live ?
When FSG bought the brand they moved the company to Italy( Thats why Intuition is built in Italy) but they relocated back to
USA, Binghamton, New York.
Chr. R.,
What I think is happening is that metaphacts works for Fine Sounds. Your old Wadia dealer might've dropped the brand, but your country's Fine Sounds importer, which I assume is NOT this same dealer, will likely pick up Wadia, as Fine Sounds forces importers to stock ALL brands of the group. You can't pick and choose. That's why he's so confident there will be Wadia in your country.
If the old Wadia guy IS the one handling Fine Sounds, maybe he hasn't got the memo about being forced to stock everything!
And, for what it's worth, count me on the "not impressed" side of things on this one
alexandre
Fine Sounds is not forcing dealers to carry everything from the group. In some countries there has been a distribution change so that all FineSounds brands are carried by the same distributor. Where that makes sense and makes for a smooth transition, that has been done. But you could very easily have a Wadia dealer in a country who carries no other Fine Sounds brand.
There are dealers in many countries who do and many more who desire to carry all of the group's brands. There will hopefully be more as time goes forward. The key to dealers selling all of your brands is to build products that they desire to sell, not force them to do it.
Ok, but I know for fact that my distributor of Wadia don't deals with all brands from Fine Sounds Group, and I am sure about that Fine Sounds Group know all their distributøre and also what brands their distributøre sells.
Fine Sounds is not forcing dealers to carry everything from the group. In some countries there has been a distribution change so that all FineSounds brands are carried by the same distributor. Where that makes sense and makes for a smooth transition, that has been done. But you could very easily have a Wadia dealer in a country who carries no other Fine Sounds brand.
There are dealers in many countries who do and many more who desire to carry all of the group's brands. There will hopefully be more as time goes forward. The key to dealers selling all of your brands is to build products that they desire to sell, not force them to do it.
It is the most amazing hifi component I have ever heard.
I auditioned one yesterday and expected it to have a similar sound to the Devialet. Four hours later after not wanting to stop listening I bought one and I am seriously thinking of selling my Audio Research Ref 5 and Krell 403 and Weiss 202. It really is astoundingly good. I thought I would use it in my study, but it is now currently driving my Watt Puppy 8s perfectly. The sound is great. I really can't recommend it highly enough. It really deserves good speakers and speaker cable though - it is that good.
I am normally in the camp of cynics when it comes to all in one hifi, I have tried many, and so far all including the Devialet have left me cold.
All I can say is do yourself a favour and get a demo unit for your home - there is a good chance that you will buy it. One thing I will say is that whole is much better than the individual parts here. How they did it I don't know. Incredible.