Soundsmith having Issues because of COVID

nandric,

Did you really think that any of the items available in multiples and relatively easily accessible are made by one person?

There is, or at least was, a long video on youtube about Soundsmith. It might have been promotional, but it was informative, too. It took you through the Soundsmith office and all that. You could see the person assembling a cartridge, bins with parts, basically eveything. Employees were not hidden at all although the person talking the most and doing the least in that video was Mr. Soundsmith (Peter). For all I know, a person currently building a certain cartridge may be even better at that task than Mr. Soundsmith himself. Nothing wrong with that. He is the man behind the business and the face and name in front of it, but I do not expect him to have built every cartridge on the market. I do suspect he was involved in discussion and design of each of them.

We just can’t have nice things. 

Ok Nandric, my intention was honourable in drawing attention to my dislike of your inferences. But since you're happy to hide behind what I call "badge of honour" or "truth as a weapon" subterfuge, I'll come straight out w it.
You're inferring PLederman is being disingenuous in "claiming" he's laying off his employees, boo hoo, what a sad, sad story, etc, you say.
Indeed you're inferring he does all the work himself, or maybe minimal help at most. His story is confabulation or downright deceipt 
And that his sob story related here is subterfuge to generate sales.
You just can't say it as you really mean it, and hide behind ad hominem attacks on me for my choice of language.
Sad.
So, I challenge you again.
You provide proof that your take is the correct take.
Otherwise I'll reasonably assume you're just another civilian throwing stones at greenhouses.
And for the record, I don't give two figs if Peter is laying on the story a bit thick.
He has commercial rents, state taxes, local taxes, sales taxes, insurances and utilities, and maybe some wages packages to cover. I do too w both my businesses at zero fee income.
So please, provide evidence Peter is lying or misleading us.
Or find another pastime. 
And please, no circular philisophical Gordian Knots from you. I've already untied the last one neatly.

+1 spiritofmusic
Nandric, for someone professing the necessity of clarity of statement, you failed at that in your initial comment.

@nandric

This thread is about one of our well regarded audio companies in this hobby and its fight to survive and continue to offer its services to people who WANT them, and VALUE them as a company.

Why do you come in and crap in a thread with a tangent line of discussion that has no RELEVANCE to the topic at hand?

Very poor behavior.