Hello, I just joined, primarily for the audiophile products. Looking at purchasing the NHT C3 speakers for our new living room. Space is about 15 feet wide by 33 long and they will fire long ways. Space is just for general listening, music room with all equipment is downstairs, so hoping they will fill it with sound nicely. Cheers.
Mar 18, 2024
I could have sworn there was a post from someone stating that the last of the kits would be arriving at MD today, but I can't find it anymore. A delay isn't wonderful, but leaving so many customers hanging is worse--especially when it takes so little effort to post an update.
Bottlehead can't help the fact that their wood supplier can't fill the order they sent in an immediate manner. I have little doubt that the rest of the kits are fully assembled, just missing the base. Putting together DIY kits like this is like conducting an orchestra, and unfortunately some players randomly go on strike. When they do, it holds up the entire concert.
In any event, Bottlehead isn't really the proper recipient of any discontent. It's their upstream vendors, specifically the wood supplier, who deserve it. Hopefully this clears things up.
The good news is that there's only one piece holding the kits up. And wood isn't as hard to source as, say, 60 custom transformers. Once that wood arrives, from @andy's last update it sounds like the remainder of the kits will go out in very short order.
Again, I did't say that as a serious complaint -- was just pointing out a potential improvement opportunity for the next MD-BH offering, which I'll probably also be joining. If BH simply lacks the resources to pre-stock their inventory, then significantly more-detailed and moderated expectations/guidelines should be set on the description page like they are for the Omega headphone stands. Tell everyone your secret 3-week turnaround timeframe will actually take 5 weeks from close, and people won't be disappointed when a 'Bottlehead-bottleneck' issue comes up...
Have a great weekend guys.