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Certainly wish the principals at Tenor the best in hopefully emerging from their troubles. Francois is truly a standup guy, a true gentleman and an avid perfectionist truly committed to great sound. It's also a warning as well, as sometimes we are all dealing with companies we have no idea how truly small they are or what their financial condition is like. Fortunately enough the high end audio is one of the few true cottage industries left in this country (and continent) and allows people with great ideas and products to introduce them to the marketplace. Unfortunately, whether they survive in the long run, even with great products to generate the initial buzz is a huge question mark as a lot more goes into their long term success than just having a great product. Again, wish Tenor all the best in their uphill struggle, they truly deserve success if any manufacturer in the high end does.

I join Owl. Tenor has manufactured great products that many of us enjoy a lot. Also they have helped to developed this hobby, setting new standards in amplification. In my case everybody in Tenor has been very nice, helpful and efficient, so I hope they can go back and be success again, they deserve it. Good luck

It's nice to see the support for people in the industry. Tenor did a hell of a job with the 75 OTL and then tried to get the 300 watt hybrids going for people with more difficult loads before things went south. As an owner of Tenor, I can say that Tenor was truly dedicated to good sound and I know the former owners Robert and Francois truly love music. The techs, Stephan and Etienne (sp?) are some of the nicest and most helpful people you'll ever meet and the main designer Michelle was ALWAYS willing to help.

If you think about it, just how many people do you know (say how many out of a thousand?) are into high end audio (say where you spend more than a thousand dollars on a front end piece or >$2000 on an amp or speakers)? One half of one percent, 1/4 of one percent? Probably less? And yet look at all the numerous choices we have of great high end gear. Heck, how many TURNTABLES do we have a choice of today alone? WELL more than when analog was king.

I bring this up because with high end audio being such a small niche market and with so many designers and options available, I submit that MOST of the high end manufacturers are NOT heavily capitalized and many are either still in the basement or barely out. And I applaud their dedication. As such, I posit that MOST high end companies, financially speaking, are not that far from Tenor's position if you had access to their financial picture. As far as I understand such people and companies as Albert Von Schweikert, Counterpoint, ESP, Hales, Genesis, Sonic Frontiers, Threshold, oh heck you know how many gifted designers and companies have gone under - some, thankfully, have resurfaced - either under the same name or with other companies.

Myself, I hope and pray Tenor comes back, not just because I own them or like the guys involved, but for our hobby's sake as well!

I agree wholeheartedly with Fmpnd's sentiments.Unless you are a Krell or a WILSON the VAST majority of high end gear is manufactured by VERY small firms.We,also,must take this into account when dealing with companies like these.Case in point:I recently paid fairly serious dollars(UP FRONT, which I'd normally never do)to have my SOTA COSMOS turntable updated by the folks at SOTA.I had met them at HE-2004,and,they seemed like extremely fine folks.Well,after sending out my table I,still,had to wait almost 4 months to get it back.Fortunately this was in summer,and,I was really involved with my tennis(my first love),so,I really didn't care about the delay.However the table came back to me with a motor that was faulty.This REALLY pissed me off!I gave it some time to see if the platter, not getting up to speed until about a dozen rotations, would work itself out.With my luck,as of late,it did not get any better.I was actualy more upset that I would have to disassemble the table/arm,and repack and ship everything during the NFL playoff weekend,and,since I'm really tired of the endless tweaking to get everything right,I NO LONGER HAVE THE DESIRE TO "PATCHKA" any longer.I'm not getting any younger and I viewed the whole breakdown process as a MAJOR PAIN!So I called the owners of the Co. and spoke with Kirk(an owner)who then asked if I could wait about 5-6 MORE weeks to send the unit back,as he was getting in newer motors,and,wanted to put these in my unit.Any normal person,at this point,I believe,would "freak out".Truthfully,the guy is SO NICE,and was so appologetic(sp?)that I simply didn't have the heart to act agitated,even though I had a sneaky suspicion that this latest delay may have been brought on by the post Christmas orders SOTA may have gotten.In truth,being an adult(I think?)I realize that this is probably a scenario Fmpnd is alluding to,and I'd rather not put additional pressure on a company,like SOTA(whom I believe have their hearts in the right place).I'm set to send my table out in about 3 weeks.In the meantime my Levinson 390s CD player will have to do(poor me).I really do firmly believe that when my COSMOS does return it will be of exemplary performance,and condition.This has almost been sworn "in blood"to me by an owner.Try getting the CEO of Lexus or Mercedes to give you that kind of a personal guarantee!

Sirspeedy, I surely couldn't agree more with you about Kirk and Donna Bodinet, husband and wife team who own and do everything at SOTA. Super people, very friendly and professional, with a genuine can-do attitude. Living in the Chicago area and having owned a Cosmos for several years (SOTA is in the southwest suburbs), I can tell you they are willing to do anything to make things right. Saw both of them at CES and they were just as cordial as ever. And there are other wonderful folks in the industry who are just as much a pleasure to know, Andy Payor of Rockport Technologies being a stellar example.

If Tenor can come back to provide service and possibly sell new product, it would be encouraging especially for current owners.

Brian