Metropoulos amps are done

[Geo]

You and I will disagree on all these things. I'm old enough to remember the news from when these things actually went down. And yes I know exactly why he did those things. It's because he's a cheap blowhard POS. Lol. I remember when he decided on his Tower that he was not going to use the insulated double pane wind proof windows on his hotel and condos that the architect and engineer specified and went with weak single pane windows to save money. Then people sued because their multi million dollar penthouses were filled with the sound of rattling windows any time the wind was over 10 mph.

I am sure you know the specifics. What was the budget? Was money spent upgrading some other thing?

I am sure you never had a house built.

 

[shar-vell Dan]

Saying I disagree with you on your premise does not equate with economic ignorance.

It is just obvious that Trump intends to run our government the way he ran his businesses, with bluster and bullshit catering to the uber wealthy.

... and into bankruptcy. What has he never Fucked up ?

 

[Geo]

... and into bankruptcy. What has he never Fucked up ?

Why don't you list the successful business ventures of Briben and Kamaltoe?

 

[Rackman]

10 amps was the minimum.

No, turns out five since Labor Day was the minimum and ten a month was the fantasy.

Boutique Amplifiers are a luxury good and their sales respond as you would expect sales to a luxury good would - highly cyclical. It seems quite apparent from his own words that his operation was over-sized, under-capitalized (PCBs expensive - on what planet?), and lacked the ability to respond to changing market demand. In other words, it was mis-managed. We also know that his sales pipeline was broken.

One might also speculate that holding up a 50 year old sound as the exemplar of great tone was an inherently limiting approach as the people who agree are busy downsizing, moving into assisted living, and dying. But we can't confirm the role that played from his statements alone - it just seems likely true given demographics.

He also appears to have eschewed free revenue like offering a variety of V-Boutique or equivalent cabs for his amps. You know there's a good number of those amps sitting on non-Metropoulos branded cabs simply because the desired cab configuration wasn't offered.

I will also say I spend a good bit of time around guitar related websites, magazines, social media etc. and I've never seen a single piece of Metropoulos Amps marketing of any sort. Maybe he thinks customers will find out he exists via astral projection or something.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Better than 4 years of running like Mr Magoo.

You mean like someone born into privilege with a silverspoon in his mouth, blind to the world around him, and shouting rants about yesteryear minus all the positives Mr. Magoo had?

Sounds a lot like the current guy to me.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

... and into bankruptcy. What has he never Fucked up ?

His grift and graft.

 

[Geo]

You mean like someone born into privilege with a silverspoon in his mouth, blind to the world around him, and shouting rants about yesteryear minus all the positives Mr. Magoo had?

The guy needed note cards with pictures, got questions ahead of time, walked off the stage lost and confused.

He was totally Mr Magoo.

Your blindness is very odd.

 

[motorboy1]

The guy needed note cards with pictures, got questions ahead of time, walked off the stage lost and confused.

He was totally Mr Magoo.

Your blindness is very odd.

Like dozy Donnie falling asleep at meetings. He’s an old fuck.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

The guy needed note cards with pictures, got questions ahead of time, walked off the stage lost and confused.

He was totally Mr Magoo.

Your blindness is very odd.

Believe me, Biden would never have been my first choice, but he is a good and decent human being at his core which is much more than we can say about DT.