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To me, it's the loss of control that appears odd. Direct sales to customers is, as you say, smaller revenue stream than their customer dealers. Buying into the Shopify model means doing things the Shopify way, that's the Web framework you must use. Now if Shopify provides everything Gibson wants to do, that's fine, but if Gibson wants to do things that Shopify can't offer, then they have to either build something off the Shopify site and link back and make sure it all fits. I can't speak for USA accountancy rules, but in the UK you could get this as a managed service through a Web design and hosting company and get the people costs off your head count. You also get the VAT back and it goes against corporation tax as an expense and HMRC are happy. For smaller companies Shopify simplifies things but for larger ones, I still think it's unusual. Clearly Gibson will have worked it all out and made their call so what do I know 😊 Rob

It's a shame there's no automated method on the XR18. Many years ago I was rehearsing in a terrible sounding room. They sent along someone with a Peavey unit. It may have been called an autograph. It put out white noise and a mic took sound samples around the room. The unit analysed the samples and set the eq for the room. It rectified the sound immediately. This was more than 30 years ago so imagine it would be pretty straightforward to incorporate.

But their model is via their dealer network isn’t it? Direct to consumer must be a much smaller part of that annual revenue. also the shopify costs go on a bit of the ballance sheets that looks far better to investors than taking staff on to manage what could easily become a tech liability.

Is the 25mm batten a finished size. Usually planed timber is smaller than the stated size! The stated size is what the rough timber started as before planing.. I hope that makes sense. Of course the same would apply to the 20mm batten unless the specification uses actual finished sizes! I would also agree with glueing as well as screwing as you get solid contact along the whole length of the batten. most commercial speaker cabs have 2 connectors wired in parallel ( +/- 1s connected together) specifically for adding a second cab.

Attempting to pervert the course of justice is a very serious offence

Congrats to @Al Nico on his joint win and thanks for the votes as it’s been a while since I was on the top step in any fashion 😁 I’ll give @Al Nico till lunchtime to send me a picture , after that I’ll do the honours

Strange usage of the word "just" I hadn't heard before 😊

Better qualified than me... There is approx 310cm of baton. Total volume of 2.0cm x 2.0cm x 310cm = 1,240cm^3 Total volume of 2.5cm x 2.5cm x 310cm = 1,937.5cm^3 Approx total interior volume of cab = 40x30x27.5 = 33,120cm^3. I know it's slightly less as I should take into account the overlap of pieces but I've only got an iPhone with me and it's hard to keep track from the PDF. So (1937-1240)/33120 = approx 2% change. No idea if a significant change. Doesn't sound like it but what do I know. Rob

I'm willing to bet he'll be let off with nothing more than a slap on the wrist... probably in the form of a warning and a £50 victims surcharge fee. This country is a joke for bringing anyone to any form of real justice.

The economic arguments for this stuff are quite persuasive, but they’ll never get a look in from a large proportion of the public.

Ive just bought number 23 of 25, the last one available from the guys at @Ashdown Engineering Its a monster as youd expect. Ive not found much better out there for build quality, sound and customer service. I agree with everything @JGSpector has said above, truly versatile and built like a tank.

I'm not sure that I'm qualified to give you full advice on this, but I'll go ahead anyway 😆 . 1) The difference in volume between a 300mm length of 25mm by 25mm baton and 20mm by 20mm is 0.0675 litres, so if you multiply this by the length of the baton you're using it'll tell you the difference in volume. Personally I can't see it making a massive difference, but I expect somebody will be along soon who has better knowledge. What's the total length of baton you'll be using? (I can't remember the size of the cab). 2) I'd glue and screw. 3) yes, that's easy and feasible. You just need to wire the plates so that plugging in the second speaker connects it in parallel to the first by shorting between the positive of the first post to the positive of the second and the same for the negatives. You'll need to make sure that you never try and connect two amps to the same cab, or to the two connected cabs. I've been thinking about doing the same if I ever get around to building this cab, but would also quite like it to be configurable to run in stereo for my keyboard. Hmmm,maybe I need a four box solution 😆, but then again I already have an Ashdown 4x8.

Too much talent in one band, I guess…

I work full time but I fully support the idea. We all consume art in some form, but in the current climate it is pretty much untenable unless you are backed by a corporation or come from wealth. I forgot who said it but the quote that always sticks with me is "isn't it funny how there's always money for war"