Bobby says "No comment on Mike Green."
Charley and I called Bobby (Robert) Mr. Grump.
You know sometimes you have to step away and see where people land. For myself, I'm a happy listener and always have been. This particular part of the music biz has more than its share of peculiar theories, myths, personalities and home brews.
A lot of folks over the last several years have asked about me or made up their own versions. Well facts are facts, and the fact is RoomTune sold in 37 countries and here in the states had 650 dealers. We were used in more reviews than almost any high end audio specialty company between 90-97 in the industry. We also supplied more free product to the trade shows (and loved it) than anyone. Fact is when the mom & pop audio stores shut down it was something that shook the hobby forever. Many great companies went under and some of the rats started feeding off of the other rats.
Fact is I'm happy for Bobby. Even though he and I look at life through different glasses and disagree on some past blurred lines, he and his friends have built a pretty cool gig.
history
Robert was a dealer of mine before he started his current company and worked for me for a time. We shared in one idea and one product, a cone. The fact is, the Audiopoint was designed around 1990 by a guy (Brent) who was doing business as AMD (audio machine & design). I liked the sound of that cone and began marketing it. In reviews you will find it was called Michael Green's Audiopoints. Of course we wanted to correct this but I also wanted a different design as the cone at that time was still going through some growing pains sound wise. I think Bobby came on board with RoomTune in the mid to late 90's and when he left MGA/RoomTune took on Audiopoints for his own.
As far as the "rats" comment, people need to decide for themselves how things in a small industry, like this one, evolves from one idea to the next and how designs and designers move on to different adventures as well as the listeners who follow them. Maybe it's not rats as much as it is mice, not sure if they want to share their cheese or keep it to themselves.
The only way to find out is in the privacy of your own private concert hall called your listening room.
as my friend says "enjoy the music"
