Donnie... I caught that email as well.  Thank god I am already in que for my Torii...Steve was saying that they are now close to 20 weeks out on new orders.  Wow!!  

Congratulations Steve on catapulting Team Decware into the spotlight with the recent online reviews.

Dom

I was the one who suggested to Andrew Robinson to demo some Decware gear. He has a pair of Klipsch La Scala's to review and owns a pair of Heresy IV speakers. It's going to be an interesting review.

It is great for business when Decware is so busy. I wish my soldering skills were better and I lived closer than three hours away. I would help out. Been laid off for almost four months now.

All I can say is that i finally feel vindicated. I have been pushing Decware since i stumbled upon them early in 2017 and have been a big fan of Steve’s and what he makes. So vary happy to know sales are up, that e-mail made my day.

Well deserved and about time!

Hell, if I was still in the area, I'd want to work for Decware!

Well isn't the solution obvious...outsource production to China!!!



(Please don't cancel my order I'm just kidding!!!)

We're working on it.  Every space mission has emergency back up plans.  The Decware assembly room runs comfortably at less than 50% capacity so we are looking at several people who want to join the family and build amplifiers.  That will bring the 20+ week backlog down as we move into Spring and Summer.  

We are so grateful to be busy while we watch our favorite restaurants go out of business not to mention dozens of other businesses.  Even our own business has taken on a lot of burden as we deal with Covid related home schooling, split shifts, and all kinds of other taxing stuff like the rest of the world.  The biggest joy is that it is turning people's attention to hi-fi more than ever before and there is nothing negative about hi-fi.  It's healthy and lengthens life.  I'm not sure I can say the same about TV.

Thanks for all of your support, we don't take it for granted.

Steve, DeVon, Sarah, Josh, Jake, Denis, Josh2, Bob, Jim, Brent, Gery, Anna and crew.

Approaching 340 amps when Sarah gets the newer orders added to the build sheet!  Interviewing people for QC/troubleshooting work.

Hi, I bought a Zen84b around year 2000, new from Decware. Due to children being born, hot tubes had to go, so I had to sell it.

Since then I had bigger, beefier, big-name amps (Linn, Musical fidelity Kw500, Devialet 200, etc.). These could drive any speaker...

...and yet the undisputed best amp I ever had was the humble Zen84b.

Now that children are leaving for university, I have to come back! To keep costs down I'll build the kit (I bought 2 x Decware's PCB with the aim of bridging them). I don't need a reviewer to tell me how good the Zen is: I do know what I am missing!

Paul J,
It does depend on the speakers.  While Bob (Turning Point Audio) is the manufacturer of many speakers sold on the Decware site, the newer open baffle "Zen" lineup (including the Tiny Radials) is all Steve from what I gather from the videos he has shared.  I would reach out to Sarah to find out the lead time on whatever speaker you are interested in.  

Here are some pics I took of the build room last evening...

So the cat is out of the bag



Only My Cat Understands Me.

Steve,

Best to you and your family. Glad to hear DeVon is doing well after her bout with Covid. Stay healthy.

HK

I'm sorry for your loss. One of my brothers and sisters-in-law got it and recovered fine, my Dad got it and is still being plagued with weird side issues that are actually endangering his life. . . we're hoping for the best. My heart goes out to all who have had their lives enadangered by this insidious disease.

It's a great ironic event that the pandemic (and some critical attention) has been such a boost for Decware! We all want them to progress and succeed.

The list might get even longer.

Got the latest issue of Stereophile mag today.  Herb Reichert writes an article on the SE84 and the 25th..

Heh... I'm just celebrating that I just made it into the Top 150 of the waitlist...

R.

Paul Jensen....speaker build time on my speakers has been holding around 16 weeks. Again, that is for the speakers I build.

  As Steve finds new help, amps will be going out the door faster, and I'll have to work faster harder to keep up with the amp bases I build, which could slow things down.

I'll tell you, when this covid thing first hit, I wasn't sure what was going to happen. What happen wasn't even close to the scenario I had conjured up in my mind, luckily!

Thanks for all the orders!

Bob Z.

Drew,  welcome to the family!  We will make sure it's worth the wait.

-Steve

@ Steve irt your earlier post (reply #18).....God bless you & yours as well.....I'm elated to be back on your wait list again, this time for a Torii MK 4! [25th A-mods, Miflex caps].

I hope the best for all and everyone, welcome to all newcomers. You will never find better engineering and craftsmanship for the dollar, anywhere on the planet.......not even remotely.......and I'll put my net worth on it. I joined a year ago, and am a devotee for life. The Decware team is a very special one, specializing in goosebumps and pure awe.

- Brad

So getting back to letting the cat out of the bag...  it's starting to get really serious folks!



Right now the best thing I can say with over 600 (Sarah estimates 700) orders and still climbing, Decware is starting to feel like the 72 Monte which btw is feeling extra perky this Spring. If you haven't met my mechanical soul mate... this is it, my 72 stroked-out monte - I hand built it the same year I started Decware. It has been my daily driver (when it's not snowing) ever since.*

Part of the reason the waiting list is growing is because we are getting better instead of finding ways to get the stuff out the door as  fast as possible in an effort to grab it while it's there. My theory is make sure it's good enough to wait for. Easier said than done. But as we experience some growing pains, things just keep getting better, more refined, more polished.

I put CoVid 19 as the staples in the middle of the Decware book. The first 20 years came a long way. I couldn't imagine being here 20 years ago.  I can't image where we'll be 20 years from now, but I am fairly certain that with the advantages of now compared to then, the next 20 years of Decware are going to be killer!

*The monte has always run decent, and a few times on those magic days almost made me piss myself... but I could never get it to do that when I wanted it to -- let alone with a passenger in the car -- God forbid. But this year due to an epiphany I had that vacuum advance is actually evil on this exquisite carbureted motor the fully analog muscle car is now in serious mode and puzzled the living crap out of a menacing gun metal gray colored Dodge Demon with "HEMDOG" on the license plate who couldn't pull away in a full-on 1/2 mile race. Sad when you consider I only have 3 gears. The Monte is mean. It's like a Zen amp. It is a Zen amp, just a different kind that's not for sale.  It was damn near clipping during that race, but never did. Just like a Zen amp.  Hehe, I've been blaming my neck problems on building amps but it might be the car.



Steve

Hmmm... How mean can it be without any dents or war wounds from 49 years on the street?  Hell, do you know how many wrenches I have thrown it during that time?  The bike is a lot prettier which is a good thing because it will be going by a lot slower to where people will actually be able to see it!

(Just kidding ; ). I couldn't resist.

Steve