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I'm going to stand right up here and call you a liar, Israel Blume.

The fact is I've received several e-mails since last night that refute your claim about answering every e-mail that you receive. Beyond that, even before receiving them, Horsnit's probably the fifth person I've encountered over the years who've mentioned Coincident's selective communication.

No one would have a problem with an entity not producing a product that was discontinued 10 years ago. Ignoring folks who inquire about them is another kettle of fish.

I'll thank you for removing my name and words from your website. With as many fans of the product you've had over the years, including me, why you would feel the need to resort to post comments of people on your website without first having asked permission of the person or offering any compensation is something that I question.

After perusing the Coincident website, I discovered one comment attributed to Trelja ( which was posted years ago) which I have instructed my webmaster to remove forthwith.

Our policy is that we post customer comments as we receive them. In fifteen years we have not received a single objection from anyone until now nor has any individual requested financial compensation to have a comment posted. If anyone raises opposition to having their comments posted , we will gladly remove them. We will never offer a monetary inducement to receive a customer comment.

The theme initiated by Trelja, is that since Coincident has grown to such an extent since its inception, a less attentive, responsive attitude towards interested buyers has developed. Nothing could be further from the truth. Coincident has grown tremendously over the years and become a true success story in large measure because of our devotion to our customers. Coincident sales would not be increasing every year because we are offering less in the way of service. This is nonsense. We strive to provide the finest support, service, and expeditious shipping of product possible. No matter how hard we try, we acknowledge that we will not be able to satisfy 100% of the people, 100% of the time.

I will no longer entertain any further dialogue with you( Trelja) as you are not worth the time or the effort. Continue to malign me at your pleasure. For whatever reason you now have a rather large stick up your ass and you feel the need to attack me personally. The wonders of free speech on the internet ( with the additional advantage of anonymity) gives everyone a forum to vent.
You can continue and no doubt you will, but it will be without my participation.

If anyone has any questions or comments about Coincident, I invite them to email or call and I guarantee, a timely reply will ensue.

Israel Blume

Israel Blume, "Coincident has grown tremendously over the years."

TOTAL BS. A company which sells direct should offer pricing more attractive than one with a dealer network, which only adds another layer of cost into the equation. However, as the Coincident dealer network collapsed (ask any former dealer why), and the company went to a direct sales model, the loudspeaker prices, have not only increased, but substantially so. Inherently, a more expensive product line will sell less in terms of quantity, forget about the fact that we're dealing with the shrinking market of high-end audio.

Israel Blume, "Our policy is that we post customer comments as we receive them."

Again, TOTAL BS. You didn't "receive" them. Let's be clear, you cut and pasted them from a post right here on Audiogon way back. Receiving something infers permission was granted; taking them in the manner you did implies nothing of the sort. That's a not so subtle difference.

Once again, I restate my earlier post, Coincident WAS ONCE an ascendent company, one I felt would have joined the likes of the truly successful loudspeaker companies like B&W, Totem, and Vandersteen. With the tube renaissance, combined with the high (though not as high as claimed) sensitivity of the loudspeakers, the stars were truly aligned for that to happen. Many dealers, three of which being the local dealers in my area (Philadelphia, PA) came close to taking on the line for obvious reasons (Coincident makes a damn good speaker), but decided not to for things unrelated to the actual product. Again, what dealer network that was built has completely faded.

Trelja,
I'm confused. You have continuously complemented the product (would not sell for 10x the price you paid) yet you seem to have an axe to grind with the man who created it. It seems to me you have a personal vendetta...
If you want to pick a fight, I quess you can pick one on anything.

Monte

Personal discloser. Happy customer of Coincident

Well I sure did not have the intention of starting all of this I simply wanted to hear from others who owned Troubadours and especially Trubass. I also have high regards for Coincident and am extremely glad to own a pair. Mr. Blume maybe my E-mail got lost in cyberspace and if so I am sorry but so have others. I will try to contact you again and see what happens but I do respect you for designing great speakers even though they are to expensive for someone like me. Trelja sorry to get you so fired up and you were very helpful to me and I appreciate that. To all enjoy the music whatever system you have!