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Originally Posted by PeterDLai
For those not following the progress at the Klipsch forums, the Custom-3 has been in production since 12/29 and it shouldn't be too long before they are available for sale.
Apparently, a very limited quantity is on the way to the distribution center, but they are all already spoken for (Klipsch employees, perhaps?  ).
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Thank You Peter for conveying the status of Custom 3 to the Head-fi Forum. You are definitely paying attention to our product status especially for Custom 3.
We had a meeting this morning with manufacturing to get updates on production status for headphones. Custom 1 & 2 are producing very well with hardly a reject. IMAGE headphones have had some yield issues on the cosmetics for anodization but now that we have two vendors sourcing the chassis parts production can keep up with the high demand required. The newest model that people have been waiting on is Custom 3. We have shipped a reasonable quantity already, but I believe that they have been distributed to our customers already. This dual driver design we believe will set new standards for the audio industry, competing with higher priced models with additional armatures. The down side is that we have not been able to ramp up as quickly because of several things. All the piece parts are available but we only have one skilled set of hands (excluding the Dr.) that can successfully build the design since precision is a requirement for assembly. Secondarily we have had a test jig malfunction which production has been waiting on for upgrades. This is planned to come on line tomorrow so we will start production again Saturday. I don’t expect the shortages to occur much longer unless demand is higher.
I will keep you posted as to our status to sticking Custom 3 in your ear…