Looking at their site shows a lot of models out of stock with at least one in stock model stating it is the last one. Furthermore, I see from resellers that the Optimum models are discontinued.
Are they going out of business?
I suspect it's more a matter of loosing interest in the market with all that they've been doing in other markets with much grander potential. Just check out the main Velodyne website.
Hello, I can tell you that Velodyne Acoustics which is / was part of Lidar is out of business... Verified By A Employee who worked there 20 years.
Hello, I can tell you that Velodyne Acoustics which is / was part of Lidar is out of business... Verified By A Employee who worked there 20 years.
SVS is a better product. Their new SB series looks very well made and better than Velodyne and I own a FSR18, but will add 2 SB 4000’s soon.
Hello, I can tell you that Velodyne Acoustics which is / was part of Lidar is out of business... Verified By A Employee who worked there 20 years.
I've just installed a Velodyne DD+10 in my control room and I love the sound. Too bad if it's true that Velodyne is going out of business.
A friend and HiFi-dealer came back from the Münich HiFi Messe and according to him, the Velodyne people were talking about a new DD-series being launched in a year or two. Go figure.
Any more information regarding the closure?
Cheers
Fred
I've just installed a Velodyne DD+10 in my control room and I love the sound. Too bad if it's true that Velodyne is going out of business.
A friend and HiFi-dealer came back from the Münich HiFi Messe and according to him, the Velodyne people were talking about a new DD-series being launched in a year or two. Go figure.
Any more information regarding the closure?
Cheers
Fred
Today, subs offered from companies like Seaton Sound can compete in both the music market as well as the HT market, and again a much better price/performance than Velodyne. Not at all a surprise if Velodyne has shut their doors.
You are most likely right about the price/performance comparing Velodyne with its competitors.
But personally, I have yet to find another subwoofer brand that can compete with the performance of the Velodyne DD+ series. The digital servo does a fantastic job tightening up the woofer performance and lower the distortion.
If there is another subwoofer brand that utilize a digital servo, I'd love to hear about it.
Until then, IMHO, Velodyne makes the most impressive and tight sounding subwoofer. Very musical low-end with tons of body and punch.
Cheers
Fred
I am not surprised. Mark Seaton is the man below 100Hz!
I used to own a pair of REL Stadium III subs but I was always fiddling with the crossover point, output level, and room position, trying to get them to integrate with my main speakers. I finally gave up and sold them. After reading some reviews of current forward-firing subs from REL, JL Audio, Seaton, and Funk, I'm curious to hear what they would do in my system. I'm also curious about the effect of line arrays of subs.
Other than system integration, I have a concern about disturbing the neighbours in my building -- especially those below me. My floors and walls are 8" poured concrete but I remember getting a complaint when I first moved in with my RELs. Since getting rid of them I have never had a noise complaint. I listen at mid to high 80s dB with peaks to 90dB. I'm hoping it was the down-firing nature of the RELs that led to the disturbance and not the fact that they were producing very low frequency waves that could penetrate the concrete more easily than higher frequencies.
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