rkeman Messages: 78 Registered: March 2010 Location: Florida
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Supply problems are commonplace in the electronics industry and have been for some time. The Far East appears to be having economic problems much more severe than has been generally recognized in the West and many parts for speakers and electronics are now available exclusively from Chinese or other Asian manufacturers. The bad news is that the situation could worsen if the transition of political power in China does not go smoothly, the dollar declines further or the European economy continues to slide.
On the good news front, Eminence is clearly able to keep up with demand and is far less dependent on outside suppliers and off-shore production than most driver manufacturers. Acoustic Elegance also seems to be catching up on their backlog of orders and is on a surer business footing. The AE TD12S that I received a few weeks ago measures exactly like the others I have used and sounds great!