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RE: Audiopax

Kurt,

About a year or so after I started distributing Avantgarde, some friends urged me to meet Eduardo de Lima (who turned out to be one of the most brilliant and musically sensitive designers I've ever met or heard of).

I listened to his products and was impressed, to say the very least. Amazingly, Eduardo had a a huge number of new, equally interesting and valid ideas in his head.

We agreed that he would gear up from his one-at-a-time custom work in Brazil to meet production levels and that I would be the North American Audiopax distributor.

I blame myself for thinking that he could easily make that jump. If a distributor advertises a product, arranges for the product to be reviewed, and puts on a number of dealers, then if the product is good - and it was spectacular - sales happen.

Plus, he got noticed by other distributors and Audiopax started getting rave reviews around the world. So the delivery issue was compounded.

For various reasons, Eduardo needed to stay in Brazil. So he continued to work in his place there.

AFAIK, I don't think he's in business in any meaningful way anymore.

Sad, because, even one-at-a-time, he had a lot to offer the audiophile community.

I'm not against considering great designs from small companies. In fact, I got this client to buy the Audiopax amps before anything ever really got off the ground. Since service is potentially an issue, it'd be cool to find something at least as good that's not made of unobtainium. Hence my original inquiry.

Best regards,

Jim Smith

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