The Mike New Technics bearing

[Mike_New]

Chivas,
Do not be concerned on my behalf although I appreciate it; about what Cawley is trying to do to me, his vindictiveness knows no bounds. A study of my emails shows that he probably had about three to four units in stock when he quickly discovered that I had no intention of bowing to his will!!! He no doubt will continue his silly games on Ebay until eventually he gets tired of it. To a large extent it is providing me with free advertising, as I am receiving an increased number of requests for delivery dates and orders, on both bearings and Platters. When you buy the bearing from Cawley I would suggest that you request the installation instructions and see what the reaction is!!!!! Do not install the bearing without reading the installation Instructions. My offer to support all bearings still stands and can be found elsewhere on this forum.

[Haselsh1]

Dave C is quite simply pissing in the wind to cover his own ass (in that he is unable to produce a high-quality bearing or platter himself after telling everyone that he could), and attempting to hoodwink his (small) band of merry men into believing that he is some sort of 'guru'.
Marco.

This whole 'guru' thing really does smack of the hero worship/Peter Belt thing that existed all of those years ago. I'm sure most hi-fi folk out there see this for what it really is.

[Marco]

Hi Shaun,

Quite simply, the man has an ego the size of the Albert Hall, and it's a fragile one at that, which when one doesn't consider it justified or warranted to stroke or pander to it, is what makes one's relationship with Mr Cawley somewhat 'tempestuous'....

He wants to be recognised as 'da man', whereas after his latest antics he's more recognised for being 'da clown'.

Marco.

[DSJR]

The biggest ego's in fairly recent times belonged to Ivor T (Linn) and possibly the late Julian V for a while, until Ivor stomped all over it... Absolutely convinced that theirs was the only way (unless you caught Ivor off guard over dinner, but even then..). At the time, I reckon certain people at Quad were the same in an opposite direction (not Peter Walker, but one or two of his key design folk, as I suspect PW was increasingly taking a back seat then, in the late 70's).

Some of us have been around so long in this industry history is coming to repeat itself, but please don't think that AOS is the sole outlet for Techie tweaks, it's a big wide world out there...

[Marco]

Nope, not at all. AoS is one of many, but a somewhat significant and influential one for our size - and of course we're growing all the time (and at a pretty fast rate)!

Marco.

[DSJR]

Marco, do you know that I'm being thought of as one of your "disciples," such is your iron grip, in the same way you joked about me and a purveyor of active speakers with DAC's built in??????

[Marco]

By whom? Dodgy Dave, 'The Naked Emperor'?

Marco

[hifi_dave]

I notice that the bearings have been re-listed on E-Bay.

[colinB]

Watched the last won go an hour ago for £102. Looked like a snipe software jobbie.

[Marco]

I notice that the bearings have been re-listed on E-Bay.

As a respected member of the trade, Dave, what do you make of Cawley's disgraceful shenanigans?

PM me your thoughts if you like

Marco.