[HiFlight]

Well, it is beyond mid-July now and although I was an early KS Air backer, I have yet to receive them. Only got the update about batteries, bluetooth shortcomings etc. My expectations are now hovering near zero, both for performance and for actually receiving them!

 

[Midgetguy]

Well, it is beyond mid-July now and although I was an early KS Air backer, I have yet to receive them. Only got the update about batteries, bluetooth shortcomings etc. My expectations are now hovering near zero, both for performance and for actually receiving them!

Welcome to the club. It's been a week and a half since they put out a KS update that said a week ago they said the new Airs would start shipping.....which basically means a week and a half ago, the new Airs were supposed to start shipping. I still don't mine yet and evidently, neither do you.

 

[DannyBai]

I got the crazybaby air over the weekend and these are really nice. If the phantom air can beat this, I'd be amazed. Even in the sound department, crazybaby is excellent after a couple of days of use. Not what I expected at all.

 

[Midgetguy]

I got the crazybaby air over the weekend and these are really nice. If the phantom air can beat this, I'd be amazed. Even in the sound department, crazybaby is excellent after a couple of days of use. Not what I expected at all.

I would love for the Air to sound fantastic. Now if they would just deliver them to us......

 

[DannyBai]

I don't doubt them in the sound department. Everything else including delivery, lots of doubt.

I don't have high hopes for signal. Even the crazybaby has issues while out walking about. Turning the head and moving causes dropouts. Sitting or moving about in the house, no issues.

 

[Midgetguy]

I don't doubt them in the sound department. Everything else including delivery, lots of doubt.

I don't have high hopes for signal. Even the crazybaby has issues while out walking about. Turning the head and moving causes dropouts. Sitting or moving about in the house, no issues.

So here's how that works (I think): it really has to do with the environment. These sort of devices are supposed to work better if you're inside rather than outside. When you're inside the house, you're basically in a box where the walls act as surfaces for the signal to reflect and bounce so. Obviously, it's not a 100% bounce/reflection rate or else you wouldn't be able to use BT while walking into a different room. But it helps. Outside, the signals just disperse so it's a lot less powerful.

I hope the Airs can do well, but I'll reserve judgement until I actually get the damn thing. Just can't let this lack of communication and constant delivery delays affect judgement on the product.

 

[rantng]

For anyone that didn't receive the email from Trinity:




Dear Customers and Backers,

Its time for a Trinity update and this one is pretty packed with info!

Master and Icarus III


Thank you to all of you that have provided feedback on the Master and Icarus III so far, its always great to hear such positive feedback. For those that have not received their Icarus III, all UK, EU and rest of the world Icarus III have been shipped and there us just a handful of USA order left that will ship on Monday.


Discount codes


Well as many of you know we recently announced the stopping of our discount codes and our headphone (Phoenix) is our last big pre-order discount. We have been listening and many think this unfair or silly but the reality is that as Trinity has grown and so have the costs and offering such huge discounts does not work for the future of Trinity. Having said that the Head-Fi discount code will stay in effect for the foreseeable future and we will issue a special code for backers shortly offering the same discount as Head-fi.org members.


Now lets answer some pre-order/kickstarter questions like, where is my Phantom Air, Master 6, Hunter, Delta or Atlas Delta?!

• We have shipped 928 Hunters globally leaving just 72 left to finishing building and ship (will ship within 21 days)
• We have shipped 792 Master 6 (pre order and kickstarter) globally leaving 208 left to finish and ship (will ship within 21 days)
• We have only 58 Delta to ship and have emailed those 58 offering upgrade options
• We have only 176 Atlas Delta upgrades to ship and should take less than a week to ship
• We have shipped the updated Phantom Air to select backers for testing and evaluation and all reports are now back and we will begin shipping again once all updated units are back from our manufacturing partner which will take 7-10 days from today.

What happened to the customer service?

Many of you may have seen a dramatic dip in customer service. Sadly as many of us have been concentrating on various other aspects such as shipping and manufacturing we had taken our eye off the ball and allowed a customer service staff member to get away with exceptionally low standards of service and has caused huge issues of concern for some customers (as well as our selves). This staff member has now been removed permanently from customer service and Kieran is now taking over his role. Kieran has been doing an amazing job with his friendly yet brutally honest manner but he does have a little catching up to do as he works his way through the other staff members emails.

What else is news worthy?

Behind the scenes there has been many things going on. First of all lets Welcome Dan Nundra as the new head manager of Trinity Audio. Dan comes with years of experience in the Audio industry with his last appointment at one of the worlds most renowned audio manufacturers.


This appointment also marks the end of another. Bob was Trinity’s lead designer from the beginning and helped shape the sound and design style of Trinity. Bobs last day is officially 31st July but has agreed to stay on for 4 weeks to help with any hand over to Dan. Bob has asked us to convey this message to you all.


“I have thoroughly enjoyed being part of Trinity and making people smile with new audio gear, my only goal has always been about bringing as much audio enjoyment as possible. Along this journey I have learnt many things not only about audio but about myself. I cannot imagine ever leaving the audio game but it was time for me to make some big changes to my working and personal life. I have lived and breathed Trinity as the head design engineer but its time to move on. I wish Trinity all the best for the future and hope to see many of the amazing customers around at shows and events in the future”


So thats all for now and as you can see from above we are almost back on track. We have had some major mountains to climb over these past 6 months and feel positive about the future.


Thank you to all our supporters who have weathered the storm with us and its great to see the light at the end of the tunnel.


Thank you


Trinity Audio

 

[HiFlight]

Good-bye, Bob!

 

[Midgetguy]

So new Airs are supposed to be shipping again now.....yeah, we'll see if that's maybe finally true this time. I sure hope it is.

 

[bjaardker]

So new Airs are supposed to be shipping again now.....yeah, we'll see if that's maybe finally true this time. I sure hope it is.

At some point I think TA is going to say "Meh, good enough. They all bought them via Kickstarter and have no recourse if they suck, so screw it".

 

[Midgetguy]

At some point I think TA is going to say "Meh, good enough. They all bought them via Kickstarter and have no recourse if they suck, so screw it".

Now the question is.....is this recent update already the result of that? I sure hope not because I'd really like to have a decent set of totally wireless IEMs, but I'd be a fool to not leave that as a possibility.

 

[fearlessleader]

I see some on KS and some in another Trinity thread here talk about getting the V2 Airs.

Please post HERE about your experience with the V2 Airs.

 

[pazuzus_soup]

Please post HERE about your experience with the V2 Airs.

So far, I only have an update to. Say they're being shipped (with none of the solutions applied), so going by Trinity's update vs delivery, I'll probably have no experience to share until Xmas

 

[wilberforce55]

At some point I think TA is going to say "Meh, good enough. They all bought them via Kickstarter and have no recourse if they suck, so screw it".

and that point is August 30

 

[Remiam7]

Interesting that on a present running KIckstarter, a backer asked about TA's use of TWS technology in the Air, and the creators reply was that it leads to more dropouts and lag. Maybe that is the issue.