[MikeyFresh]

The first design didn't have the hole on the top, and that design was rejected due to air flow tube health/longevity.

So an engineer with design experience didn't know that a vacuum tube design needs ventilation holes? That discovery/finding is "recent" despite the fact the original "too difficult to produce" design actually had the tubes fully protruding from the top so that they could breath air freely?

You know, the design that we all pledged money to have built? The "Kayla" design. Or was Kayla actually just a pretty face employed by Gavin to induce IGG pledges in the overall scheme to defraud?

 

[stuck limo]

So an engineer with design experience didn't know that a vacuum tube design needs ventilation holes? That discovery/finding is "recent" despite the fact the original "too difficult to produce" design actually had the tubes fully protruding from the top so that they could breath air freely?

You know, the design that we all pledged money to have built? The "Kayla" design. Or was Kayla actually just a pretty face employed by Gavin to induce IGG pledges in the overall scheme to defraud?

The way it was described to me [at least how I read it] (again, broken English, hard to interpret) is the factory didn't do it properly, not LH Labs, so they rejected it. Not sure. I seem to remember there were two designs at first - one for solid state, and one for tubes that specifically had the holes.

 

[Bill2112]

The way it was described to me [at least how I read it] (again, broken English, hard to interpret) is the factory didn't do it properly, not LH Labs, so they rejected it. Not sure.

So what were the repercussions for the factory? I guess LHL just said "ah whatever"

 

[Bill2112]

made a correction to original post, since I misidentified the Geek Pulse.

Geek Pulse = no $$ left for now. Still awaiting additional funding
Vi DAC = most people should have the solid state by now. Any additional will be supplied but I'm unsure when
Vi DAC Tube = manufacturer issues with the chassis. Still being worked on currently.

So yes, funding + mfg issues are the main driving issues.

How many Pulse actually shipped? There was a lot of fan fare at one point with this friendly face:

 

[cecil]

...
Vi DAC Tube = manufacturer issues with the chassis. Still being worked on currently.
...

Vi DAC Tube update: Due to when we confirmed the ME design is OK. The factory told us there is something else that needed changed, so that delayed the chassis. The design is near 100% complete though. They are making the new one fit all the PCBs of Tube versions next week. The supporting structure needed adjusting, and the Tube chassis was needing to have more air flow to cool it down (passive air cooling). The first design didn't have the hole on the top, and that design was rejected due to air flow tube health/longevity.

Jarek, if the above Vi Dac Tube update is current (that is, just a day or so old) is it reasonable to assume that if next week's version of the chassis proves to be ok, then chassis production will start straight away followed by component assembly, testing and shipping all within the next two or three weeks? I'm not, of course, asking if all Vi Dac Tubes will be shipped within that time-frame, but whether it is reasonable to assume the process will commence in earnest and continue without further delay?

 

[stuck limo]

Jarek, if the above Vi Dac Tube update is current (that is, just a day or so old) is it reasonable to assume that if next week's version of the chassis proves to be ok, then chassis production will start straight away followed by component assembly, testing and shipping all within the next two or three weeks? I'm not, of course, asking if all Vi Dac Tubes will be shipped within that time-frame, but whether it is reasonable to assume the process will commence in earnest and continue without further delay?

This is LH Labs. I would not hold your breath over anything happening that fast, assuming the information IS true.

 

[judmarc]

This is LH Labs. I would not hold your breath over anything happening that fast, assuming the information IS true.

Wise words (though I might have said something like "if" the information is true, rather than "assuming").

 

[cecil]

...assuming the information IS true.

So Jarek, you have some doubt about the veracity of the update?

 

[Shawnb]

CCX is still on-going and will be delivered after the Vi DAC Tube.

All other Analog products are on-going except for the Pulse Tube Preamp. Larry believes that the backers for the PTP were already contacted or should have been contacted by the previous Customer Service team and/or Gavin.

This is a lie. No one was contacted.

 

[jsiegel14072]

CCX is still on-going and will be delivered after the Vi DAC Tube.

All other Analog products are on-going except for the Pulse Tube Preamp. Larry believes that the backers for the PTP were already contacted or should have been contacted by the previous Customer Service team and/or Gavin.

This is a lie. No one was contacted.

seconded - the only contact has been to ask for shipping money for VI

 

[Bill2112]

So Jarek, you have some doubt about the veracity of the update?

He walks a tightrope between his employer and backers. He has given out the information that LHL has run out of money. They could have every design done and tested today, but we won't get a thing because there is no money for production. Light Harmonic will, at its discretion, fund as it is able to. Simply put, nobody knows if there will ever be a shipped product; the wave has been nearly 5 years already.

 

[m17xr2b]

It's the quarterly LH labs criticism already? People, this is a farce, nothing will ever ship, everything is a stalling tactic to keep us quiet. I'll eat my shoes if any of the campaigns will ship. Anyone who still thinks there's hope is a fool and if you think otherwise you deserved to be ripped off. I knew it was a scam 3.5 years ago when I meet Gavin in person and every time I see these post I'm reminded how stupid and gullible I was.

 

[Bill2112]

It's the quarterly LH labs criticism already? People, this is a farce, nothing will ever ship, everything is a stalling tactic to keep us quiet. I'll eat my shoes if any of the campaigns will ship. Anyone who still thinks there's hope is a fool and if you think otherwise you deserved to be ripped off. I knew it was a scam 3.5 years ago when I meet Gavin in person and every time I see these post I'm reminded how stupid and gullible I was.

You met him in person??? Do tell...after all he says he is a "master of crowdfunding"

 

[cecil]

I knew it was a scam 3.5 years ago when I meet Gavin in person...

Can you please elaborate? What did he do or say that made you believe it was a scam?

This could be helpful material.

 

[m17xr2b]

It was in 2015 at a meet in the bay area and I managed to get the their booth just before finishing. When I asked when is the Pulse going to ship as it was already over schedule Gavin hastily replied...soon just before setting off in a rush. Front his body language I could tell something was off. I didn't get the confidence he believed in his product the way Dan from mr. Speakers did when I spoke to him.
I wasn't proven wrong. Hopefully we can do obscenities on their graves someday.