Exemplar , Are they they still in Buisness?


I remember a heated debate awhile ago with Exemplar and APL
I bought a APL3910 with all the latest upgrades and will do a review soon.
Just wondering though , what happened to Exemplar ?
The web site is obsolete and I see no discussion on Exemplar.
128x128ozzy
Hi all,

Yes, John/Exemplar is alive and well ...

John and I will be exhibiting together in Suite 7130 at the Rocky Mountain Audiofest on September 29th - October 2nd.

Look for a new 300b amp from John at the show, along with the Denon 5910 and a flagship DAC.

I'll be hauling my Cherry cabinet Exemplar horns (groan), and of course there will be great vinyl there from my Galibier turntables and Schroeder tonearms.

John is certainly difficult to reach. Both Ric Berda (his Chicago dealer) and I try to pick up the communications slack for him, but we face a bit of a perception problem.

Many people don't even know that John has a dealer network (scroll to the bottom of the Exemplar home page to find the link), and John's voice-mail gives you no clue

Yes, his Exemplar website is hopelessly out of date. I've been hounding John for new pictures so that I can update my Exemplar section on the Galibier Design website.

John is working hard toward making things better. He has hired a full time assembler with whom he is very excited (not that way ... get your minds out of the gutter).

This fellow has experience working with extremely small electronics (surface mount devices and such), so doing things like the Denon mods is a walk in the park for him.

You can expect this single move to help John begin to catch up on demand in the coming months.

Your best track to John however is through dealers like Ric and myself. I know ... it's fun to talk with the designer, but if all you get is voice-mail, you're fooling yourself. That's why John hand-selected us as dealers.

Additionally, we tend to get hold of special "one-offs" and demos that you wouldn't otherwise know about.

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier Design
Thanks!
I was hoping such a talent had not given up on the Business.
Do you know if he can do any modding on a Denon 5900?
I'll ask, Ozzy.

As you know about John, because he didn't do it yesterday, it has no bearing on tomorrow.

Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier
Ozzy:

When John was modding the 2900 I had asked him about the 5900. He told me that because of the interior layout there wasn't enough room - the 2900 actually had a more functional interior design. I believe it has something to do with the size of the power supply that he was using. I don't know if there have been any changes that would facilitate a mod. He has successfully developed a mod for the 5910. I'm waiting for mine to arrive...

Ken Golden
I expect to have an Exemplar 5910 on my return from Alaska. There will be no mods of the Denon 5900 as there are no further mods of the out of production Denon 2900. There will be an Exemplar dac for redbook only.