Westone 3 - You asked for it, we listened !

[Tipped_Pro95]

westone = Worstone.

[Pete7]

Where's CraigLester when we need a shot of much needed optimism and reminders of the travesties occuring around the world as we speak?

Well, the good news is apparently the project hasn't been altogether scrapped, at least the 3 possibly/maybe released next year,anyway. By that time, I'm sure UE will release their own triple driver with true 3-way crossover. This is beginning to remind of the Larocco Diablo fiasco, except this isn't some small one-man operation. This is a big name company. Pardon my realism.

[craiglester]

Right here. I was out having a nice night out. A nice meal and a movie. And yeah, must be my fault eh?
Yes, It's disappointing, if it's for real, and yes, there are still worse things than a delayed pair of earphones.
Just trying to keep things in perspective.

[Zanth]

Originally Posted by craiglester

Right here. I was out having a nice night out. A nice meal and a movie. And yeah, must be my fault eh?
Yes, It's disappointing, if it's for real, and yes, there are still worse things than a delayed pair of earphones.
Just trying to keep things in perspective.

Indeed. Just wait until they do come out, and they sound spectacular and folks chime in that the "wait was well worth it."

Seriously, a pair of IEM's aren't coming out when folks wanted them, get some perspective...there are bigger things to worry about in life.

[Solan]

Originally Posted by techniqu

i think the reason people are rather perturbed by the whole situation is because (atleast in my case) the optimistic release date ended up delaying the purchase (for others may still be delaying) of other fine IEMs. I know i for one was sitting around just living with the bad sound of the headphones that came with my portable, thinking it would be worth it to just deal with it and save up for the W3 since at the time the estimated release was within a month. Instead I ended up trusting in westone and waited till i finally just went out and bought the SE530's a month ago, which I think sound great.

i know its our own choice to not upgrade while waiting for a release, but its also the companies responsibility not to mislead its customers (i.e. the manufacturing problem is small.....oh nevermind it'll take us two years). Usually a company would have readied the mass manufacturing process before releasing a solid date and just needed process, lease and/or buy factories. other companies are much more vague with statements like quarterly estimates if they haven't readied the manufacturing process so that people don't waste time waiting on something that may yet be available.

it's also quite a bad experience for resellers who've missed out on the possible income and probably have to deal with a lot of complaints/cancellations from people who've preordered. all in all I don't think the whole situation is as bad as some people make it to be, and I don't think westone owes anyone anything except the retailers, but it is still quite annoying and frustrating to all people involved.

Words of wisdom. They really should be the closing words for this thread before it's allowed to sink into oblivion. I am unsubscribing.

[PeterDLai]

Originally Posted by AndrewF

Just received notification from Earphone Solutions- Westone has updated to "Early 2009"!!!!!

What a crock.

Haha wow, that's a good while from now.

I guess I'll just have to go custom if I want to upgrade now...

[OracleGuy]

Originally Posted by AndrewF

Just received notification from Earphone Solutions- Westone has updated to "Early 2009"!!!!!

What a crock.

Are you kidding me?! Is this confirmed? That's one hell of a "packaging problem" all right!

OK, I've been waiting for these because I'd like to get IEMs for work to drown out my chatty co-workers, the industrial-size paper shredder, etc.

So, what's the best alternative now? So far I've been a Sennheiser guy; are the the IE6/IE7 worth considering? At least with Sennheiser, I believe they're going to come out soon. What about the Sleek SA6?

[Flavio T]

We received official update from Westone on Friday, May 9th (not on the 8th) via email:

"...we do not expect to release the product until late 2008 at the earliest..."

All new pre-orders have been suspended on Earphone Solutions site. Existing pre-orders will be kept in our system until canceled or changed. We put 6 offers together to try and help with the inconvenience and disappointment.

We apologize for all the inconvenience and really appreciate your continued support.

[rhythmicmoose]

Originally Posted by Flavio T

We received official update from Westone on Friday, May 9th (not on the 8th) via email:

"...we do not expect to release the product until late 2008 at the earliest..."

All new pre-orders have been suspended on Earphone Solutions site. Existing pre-orders will be kept in our system until canceled or changed. We put 6 offers together to try and help with the inconvenience and disappointment.

We apologize for all the inconvenience and really appreciate your continued support.

Flavio, thanks for keeping us in the loop and thanks for doing all that you've done to appease disappointed preorderers. You've been put in a tough spot, but you've handled it very well. I personally haven't taken you up on any of the offers, but it does give me peace of mind to know that my order is backed by your excellent customer service. You've probably just won a customer for life.

[HeadphoneAddict]

That's crazy - and not what the gentleman at Westone lead me to believe just a couple of weeks ago. He certainly seemed genuine.