DancingSea
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Granted, my order will ship in about a month, so I don't really have a dog in the waitlist race anymore. And I understand that being able to train someone to do testing and quality control will increase the profitability and reduce lengthy shipping delays. That said, I prefer the notion of the Zen Master personally testing each unit before it ships. These are Steve's creations, and no one knows, or probably can know, what he knows about how they should sound.
To achieve a comparable level of service via a trained QC tech would likely require the Japanase apprenticeship model where only after 5 years do they let you make the rice.
I have some Yu Kurosaki cooking knives from Japan. They are made by the master himself who had to study under his master for 10 years before being deemed ready to make his own knives. That's longer than it takes to become a medical doctor - for kitchen knives!
What makes Decware so special is that Japanese like level of quality, where the master performs the most essential tasks.
Look at the Raven Audio vs PrimaLuna kerfuffle. A pointless debate about quality between 2 men who don't make jack*** themselves. Not that a scaled business can't make a quality product, but what Steve is doing is very unique and, in my humble opinion, can't be, nor should be, replicated at scale.
With Yu Kurorsaki, the USA dealer gets knives when he gets them, might only be a shipment or 2 per year. Can wait months and months just to have the opportunity to purchase one. But what you end up with is not just an appliance, but a piece of art.
And so it is with Decware.
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