jpeg wrote:well from out perspective it seems as the problem is that the factories and distributers cannot get enuff product to stores in time; but was speaking to Jah and says Akai are still working on the product.
Honestly, it makes no sense trusting anything other than hard facts and official announcements at this point.
E.g., dates we see on shop websites…that's all made up.
Anyone believing they're close to being in stores is believing speculation.
Even Pete probably isn't in charge of shipping dates and all the stuff that goes into handling the shipments into shops, let alone manufacturing.
Honestly, we have not seen any *official* statement saying "the units are done".
Even Pete's last tweet said that he'd like to believe so, which says nothing.
Good to be hopeful, but really, the only thing you can trust is official info, and there has been none so far, while there's been a lot of speculation, even from Akai, and so far none of that speculation has brought any units on our desks or shops.