No smears or lies. They are the facts as we know them and how do we know what you are saying is fact? Are you one of those backers that pulled the plug? If I were you I would not answer that.
Because I spoke to Rick after the company was closed, and more importantly, I knew about the ownership structure of the company when I did photography work for them back in 2012-2014. It's not a new story he has just came up with.
It was Rick's face, his products, but he did not own it. Due to Covid restrictions he was stuck in Canada and unable to renew his work Visa, when the owners pulled the plug, completely blindsiding him. The main owner was a lawyer who owns a large patent litigation law firm (this is how HFC got so many patents!!!), and HFC was just a small side hobby for him that he obviously got bored of after 10 years.
Because I spoke to Rick after the company was closed, and more importantly, I knew about the ownership structure of the company when I did photography work for them back in 2012-2014. It's not a new story he has just came up with.
It was Rick's face, his products, but he did not own it. Due to Covid restrictions he was stuck in Canada and unable to renew his work Visa, when the owners pulled the plug, completely blindsiding him. The main owner was a lawyer who owns a large patent litigation law firm (this is how HFC got so many patents!!!), and HFC was just a small side hobby for him that he obviously got bored of after 10 years.
The upshot of all this is now there is no dealer/distributor markup, no big overhead. So Rick can sell his new designs like the Apparition RCA for $4.5k
In the grand scheme of high end audio cables that is not outrageous pricing. I think HFC's high end ic's were 10-15k.
The upshot of all this is now there is no dealer/distributor markup, no big overhead. So Rick can sell his new designs like the Apparition RCA for $4.5k
In the grand scheme of high end audio cables that is not outrageous pricing. I think HFC's high end ic's were 10-15k.
I stand corrected now move on Kenny, his partners that he chose shut the business down, did not respond to any customers, hung customers out to dry that paid deposits on product that was never delivered. As stated by dealers on this forum.
