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Originally Posted by kittonian  This has been discussed time and time again.
1. The metalwork comes from China but is done to Peluso's custom specifications. Because of all of this, he is seriously considering moving everything over to the US and raising all the prices accordingly. Neither he nor I can understand why it matters if a factory in China builds the metalwork to his specs or a factory in the US builds the same product to his specs. The only difference is going to be the price to the end user. Truly, it's going to be the exact same end result, but I suppose if it ends the speculations and complaining and no one minds paying almost 3x the price for the mic, then it will be a good move.
2. The capsules are all made by Peluso in VA. There are pictures of his factory and NPR just did a very nice interview with John and Mary (his wife) and showed all kinds of details about the Peluso organization.
3. Ben was "never with Peluso". John and Ben were working together on a completely seperate product that John had initially designed and will be coming out with, hopefully no later than next year. Ben owns (or owned, I'm not sure) a company called BeezNeez in Australia and without going into much detail, let's just say things didn't work out between them. Ben has since been posting some very nasty and libelous things about Peluso here on GS and has had two of his usernames banned from the forum. Take what he says about Peluso with a grain of salt.
I think the bottom line here is that the 2247SE (I recommend this over the LE since there is 2db lower noise floor and the tube is still being made - btw, the LE and the SE sound identical with the exception that the LE is 2db noiser), the 22 251 and the P12 are all exceptional microphones. If Peluso started out as some of the other boutique manufacturers did and had all the work done here in the USA and was charging $4k-$6k per microphone, I think he would be regarded as one of the top people to purchase from. Instead, he chose to go with the philosophy of everyone, no matter if you're a large or small operation, being able to purchase his mics and have the joy of recording with a great piece of equipment. Personally, I think that's made him even more popular and the fact that his mics are distributed all over the world is even more of a testament to that fact.
I am proud to have been his first dealer and have had a long standing relationship with the Peluso organization. They are great people who make great products.
If anyone has any further questions, I am always available by phone and you may feel free to give me a call. Our number is listed on the top of our website.
Hope that helps explain things a bit better and clears up some of the confusion. |
I firmly suggest that you take back what you have said here josh as you and i both know that it is untrue. John will not be releasing the product as he knows that the design and all of the schematics are mine. I am sure that John too would agree with me if you were to call him!!!
As for BeesNeez it is alive and is busy manufacturing mics (all capsule metalwork, mic body's etc are 100% australian made). Sure i can't make a mic every 30 minutes but 2 a week is fine for me, and still making the Para1 Mic pre that is 100% my design and always will be.
As for anything/everything that i have said about Peluso, i am sure that you have more than made up for it in ass kissing so that should even things out.
When you say that i had nothing to do with Peluso, what do you call the Distributor Agreement that i had, and also the license agreement to trade under the Peluso name in Australia?? Also if i had nothing to do with them, why was it me that did the latest revision of the 2247LE/SE PCB, P12 PCB and R14 PCB. I sure did do a bit for someone who had nothing to do with or was never with Peluso.
I will not and have not for some time made negative posts regarding Peluso, but Josh, don't bring me into your suck up crap and force me to reply when you are LYING about things. Your knowledge on this subject is as extensive as your technical knowhow so you should quit while your ahead
and not make this personal.
Just for a laugh, visit this site and see where it points you.
beesneezmicrophones.com
Go figure that one.
i would say PEACE but i think that this may not be on the cards.