Re: Don't buy Martin!

On Thu, 15 May 2008 08:28:57 -0700 (PDT), EKeil <ekeil@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>I just did 2 major cor****ate and theatre events with a rig of Mac 700
>profiles and a Maxxyz desk and I must say I couldn't have been happier
>with the performance of either set of gear, they are the best fixture/
>console pairing I've had the joy of working with, 

I've certainly never heard anyone else say anything even
close to something like that. The best I've encountered is
a couple of people who said Martin fixtures are ok.

>so much so that we
>bought 4 of them. We have also been incredibly happy with their
>customer sup****t and service. 

I have no complaint with their tech sup****t for mechanical
problems. Sup****t for getting familiar with a Maxxyz is 
non-existent however. Maybe that's not lame somehow
and I just can't appreciate it. Then again, maybe it's lame.

>As an example, they neglected to pack
>two of the esoteric 15A fuses for running the 700's on 110 instead of
>208V. He apologized profusely and less than 24 hours later I had an
>overnight package with half a dozen of them in my hands, no questions
>asked. They have offered to come out and do demos for our university
>to help our students shorten their learning curve on their gear.

Martin, or the dealer you bought the gear from?

>Martin makes great stuff in every experience I have had with the
>gear.

I had that experience with High End, but not Martin.