| Ah, Fairlight, the company that sold me a $35,000 recording system, then went out of business. To be fair (no pun intended), as I recall they dropped the Merlin before going out of business, so I can't blame the current regime for that. The fact that I received no warning and no "Gee, we're sorry about that" is a little disturbing though.
As someone else has already mentioned, it appears that Fairlight is still pursuing a rather "different" business model. I don't know how you can compete with Digi when there are only a handful of "dealer/service centers" who sell the product. OTOH, before they went out of business they had a massively overblown sales structure. At that time there was no way they could sell enough systems to pay all those employees and pay rent for the buildings in Hollywood and elsewhere. The downsizing was definitely necessary, but I think an overall different approach is still needed. Maybe try trusting some other dealers besides just the people who used to work for Fairlight and currently service them. |