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Originally Posted by jjhatfield /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Because ole sov spent literally years as a Rudistor MoT without a MoT tag, during which time he ruthlessly pushed Rudistor amps in every thread he could. He was completely obsessed with the CD3000 until which time his employer, Rudistor, formed a business relationship with Ultrasone in which they sell their products together for mutual gain. Now the Ultrasone Ed. 9 is his favorite can, and he pushes it in every thread he possibly can.
I fully believe that ole sov doesn't have a direct business connection with Ultrasone. But if I work for Phillip Morris selling cigarettes, and Phillip Morris owns Kraft, then it indirectly benefits me everytime someone at Wal-Mart buys Kraft Mac N' Cheese.
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Let me tell you something, because now you are crossing the line here, and even while I do not need to give you any explanation of my conduct, or ethics, past, present, or future, I do believe that this comment is so stupid, that deserves to be answered in public, as you do not know the facts behind, and I would like to clear a few things for you in public...
My association with Rudi (and I said association as Rudi is not my employer, he is my business partner, as FYI I have a full time job, and just help him in my free time, and more as a hobby, than for the profits) first "was not literally years ago", it began maybe a couple of years ago, while I have been a member of the this forum since 2002, so I have been more time a simple member here, than a MOT...
Everybody here knows me and how I used to push what I like, see the nick Jude personally gave me long time ago, it is still there below the MOT designation.
This association, just began, as in many other cases, due to our passion for this hobby. He asked me to try his amps, after Nik introduced me to him. He had designed one amp for Nik's brother, for his CD3K and he sent me another to try, he sent me a couple of other demos, and I tried them, and I liked them, and I pushed them, and at that time, far before been his associate, because I simply believed, like I still believe now, that those amps are a very good choice for anybody (even if tomorrow our relationship ends, I will still recommend them to anybody) and I have tried a lot of amps BTW...
Now after some time, I became his associate, that was maybe a couple of years ago, IIRC, but the funny thing is that Jude knows from that date, as he asked me personally, same as other moderators, that I was helping Rudi to introduce his amps here in US and Canada...Now why he took so long (because had to be
him the only one that could change the MOT status) to place the tag on me? Even while I could give you an educated guess, you may need to ask him, as for whatever the reason was, it was not on my hands, and there was nothing I could do about that...and was entirely on his hands, so basically you are questioning my conduct, and blaming me, for something that only Jude could solve...
See now how unsubstantiated your comment is!!!! Hope next time before going public, with such silly comment, to call them in a benevolent way, you will find out first, the reasons behind, otherwise you will spend the rest of your life with your feet in your mouth, both of them, like you are now....
Now about my preferences, I got my first pair of Editions before Rudi established any deal with Ultrasone, as I tried his Edition 7, he borrow me also an 2500, and I like it so much, that I ordered one. OTH I still love the CD3K, and my brother still have one of my pairs, the only reason I got rid of those was
availability, as many other good cans, unfortunately for us, they have been discontinued. That means that spare parts are really hard to find. I have blown a couple of drivers on my adventure with the CD3K, along all these years (I have owned like 5 pairs of them, new and old) and that was enough to know that if I used them so frequent, as I do, I need to have a can with spare parts available at any time. But before them, I tried the SA5K, Qualias, none of them did it for me, tried others, and none of them did it for me, till I got the Editions...They are perfect? Of course not, but I like them over the rest I have tried...
Availability, was the only reason for my change, one of the main reasons I will never get the R-10, or others in that same boat, and if tomorrow they decide to discontinue the Edition, I will try to find a substitute, of any brand, and as soon as I find it, you will see mine for sale as well...
