Adire and Hemp Acoustics joining forces

[Jonathan]

http://www.adireaudio.com/Mobile/index.htm

Maybe this will turn out to be a good thing

I used to work at a non-wovens plant and a sister plant from Mexico sent us some samples using hemp in place of the typical fibers we used, that stuff is STRONG. Would probably make an excellent cone material.

[Jonathan]

I like Hemp Acoustics' tag line, though. "Higher Fidelity"

[High Society]

http://forum.carstereos.org/showthread.php?t=59904

thread about it over at sin

[mikechec9]

Excellent move. From a functional and marketable perspective. Won't make me fark with adire again, but smart none-the-less.

[joeyc]

makes you want to blow the speaker and smell the smoke for a change huh?!

[mikechec9]

lol. Not really, but it would make the experience more bearable.

[joeyc]

ooohh wwoooowww man, I think I blew...cough....my sub

[Jonathan]

Adire will be the name in mobile audio for this merger, mainly focusing on subs. Bleech. I've gotten to the point where I don't bat an eyelash anymore. Trying to gain footing in a saturated market, in which 90% of the consumers are complete idiots anyway.

Then, Hemp will be the name in OEM/DIY applications. Their target is mainly OEM-so we won't really see how that goes until you start seeing home audio companies putting them to market. Main thing I'd look for is if it shows up in the high end stuff, I could care less about paying 5 figures for home audio towers with a couple hundred dollars worth of Vifa drivers shoved in them. I'd go the DIY route myself anyway, but I'd rather see them show up in high end just to prove themselves. If they're aiming for the domination in the OEM market like the press release suggests, they've got some pretty big manufacturers to topple, with two very competent ones at the top of the mound in the form of SEAS and Scanspeak.

Probably a good move, IDK Depends on what you want to see from either, I guess.