The end of an era at DeVore Fidelity.

[@thomasrot6401]

thank you dalia. and thank you john. in the last few years, since i saw the first video here, my family has become the proud owners of two wonderful pairs of speakers and we are all richer in experiences. yes, richer. musically and humanly. thank you for that, warm greetings from germany and merry christmas.

[@kerrythompson-p2x]

A wonderful heartfelt story. Success can be measured by friends and family, not houses and cars. Good job and keep it up. I have been thinking for some time of purchasing a pair of Devores and now I know why. Thanks

[@tmdillon1969]

John is half the reason I want a pair of the O/96. Just the kind of human being one wants to support.

[@martinb4960]

“Rich” comes in many forms. You, sir, are rich in humanity. Money does not buy that. Kudos for being an awesome person.

[@DeVOREFIDELITY]

@@martinb4960 thank you!

[@dang.5387]

One of the best combos I've heard was a pair of O/96 with a Leben CS-300XS at CDF Audio in Montreal. I bought the Leben but could not afford the Devore. Fantastic product. All the best to John and his team for the new year.

[@jimx1169]

What a nice way to honor someone who was so important to your company! Thanks for posting!

[@carlmorin5518]

This is so great that an employer acknowledges and recognizes the contribution of stellar employees that had such an impact. Thank you for sharing that story that is a success on all counts. Long live Devore Fidelity!

[@carlmorin5518]

And "end of an era" also means the beginning of a new one!

[@wellroundedsound2422]

The fact Roxy was purring on your lap during the entire video says everything! You are a humble man John but you are an amazing High Fidelity educator!!! This scale of production is perhaps the most difficult one can imagine. But you are rocking it on!!! All the best John!!!

[@gdwlaw5549]

What an emotional moment. Long live independent manufacturing . Merry Xmas.

[@GiancarloBenzina]

Very long with a exclusively carefully selected dealer network of inspired independents focused on musicality for the customer.

[@patrickshawl7189]

What a relief, I thought you were going to tell us you're selling the company. Happy Holidays!

[@roa5359]

What a lovely, heartfelt thank you to a member of staff.

[@lazdow9229]

A wonderful video. Best of luck to Dalia and continued success to the company that changed my life as a listener and hifi enthusiast.

[@BADEAU011]

Long life to Devore Fidelity, you're great !

[@CobraChamp]

What a sweet video, John! I almost thought you were going to start crying as you announced her leaving. it is very emotional, I’m sure. She will be missed but kudos to you for producing a public thank you video like you have done. Bravo!

[@philippebertrand3820]

Lovely, beautiful testimony. That’s recognition. CEOs should all watch this video. Happy holidays to all !

[@jazzboy]

A real business headed up by a person with a great energy. A true inspiration and a model many can learn from.

[@Entitaet69]

Dear John DeVore, of course you're a rich man! Running your own company, having great employees such as Dalia, and creating wonderful products must mean a sort of luck I really would be glad of having. Just think of the many owners of DeVore loudspeakers all over the world whose lifes you have been and are enriching with your beautiful works of art. And, hopefully very soon, I will be one of them! I'm going for a loudspeaker upgrade by the middle of next year, and I'm quite sure it will be a pair of Gibbon Super Nines. So I will be part of the DeVore-lovers community, and everytime I'll put on my HiFi and listen to some wonderful sounding music, I will be a rich man as well. Thank you for your great work, and you and Dalia and your staff and - last but not least - Roxy and Lulu-Bear and all cats and apes around the globe have a 🎄Merry Christmas 🎄

[@DeVOREFIDELITY]

@@Entitaet69 thank you very much, merry Christmas!

[@michalispolyzos]

You warmed our hearts John! Thank you!

[@Mike-bk9ec]

Thanks for sharing, and such a nice way to honor Dalia's contributions to the company.

[@Tuberhead1000]

Fascinating reveal. Won't repeat what others have mentioned, but as someone who has worked in "one man operations", you have a recognition of how to actually grow a business. Also, I think you may understand that all of us working somewhere really should share ownership in the effort. Thanks!

[@brunogracia5899]

Rich in soul, mind and peace, something most of us reach listening to You and your lovely creations.

[@KtsStone80]

Sorry for the loss. Great people leave a legacy and are hard to replace. Wish we could have your speakers in Minnesota!

[@jerryandlisa27]

Thank you Dalia ! You had a great boss that loves you and cares about you. Be safe and God Bless

[@paulm944]

What a gracious video. Well done!

[@TonyHarrison-dk1ey]

That was wonderful. Thank you for sharing that story so honestly.

[@jebrehbaker8613]

Beautiful. I'd love to work there part time

[@bruce8429]

Black Dahlia was a speaker from 90s from one of writers at major audio magazine for home seaker builders. Used Dyaudio drivers when you could buy individual Dynaudio components.

[@DeVOREFIDELITY]

@@bruce8429 yes, Dick Olsher. I remember them. Also the “Leslie Test”

[@Cocteau61]

"dahlia" was what Dick Olsher named his DIY speaker (after his daughter)

[@davidhanna88]

This is a very sweet video. Touching.

[@holytiger89]

Hope Devore fidelity remain family business in the future. Maybe your son could take over. Would love to see that happen as a customer. Something like Wilson is doing now.

[@MH-rl9ep]

Great insight into the workings of Devore and your special employee Dalia. (and a great Bahamas track to open the video!)

[@jerrytomb3071]

Nicely done sir. Your speakers sound ethereal on KZbin through my Klipsch IE pods. I am looking for a dealer near me so I can experience them in the flesh. Keep up the good work!

[@danielkromer2295]

You seem to be a very nice boss, and I think working for you would be a pleasure. Even the cat loves working there.

[@chrisblock6697]

Super great one!!! I have the upmost respect for people like you and EveAnna Manley. She just did a video on the Moon Audio channel and said she’s had the same guy wind transformers for her for over 25 years. I’m in SoCal and did a tour of her place. I’ve just retired and spent a lot of time consulting for small companies in the past. If I lived near the Brooklyn Navy Yards I’d like to work for you for free.

[@neilfisher7999]

Very nice tribute. I think you are rich in life, which is better than being rich monetarily.

[@DeVOREFIDELITY]

@@neilfisher7999 agreed!

[@flippoo7875]

I did not expect to get emotional by watching this Video.

[@LeonTroutskiunplugged]

That was special. Thank you for posting it.

[@andredevries4987]

Love the sound. Merry Christmas and a happy new year. Gr André.

[@thethiccend]

I'm not crying. You are! ...(sniff)...

[@miguelbarrio]

What an interesting video, John. Shows really nicely how the things we do are complicated and we learn and improve. Thank you. Could you have an interview with Dalia?

[@jasonwebb6484]

Nice - opening the video playing some Bahamas. Sounds lovely.

[@bobpfeiffer9745]

Very classy. I wish you and Dahlia nothing but the best!

[@BC-fy1wn]

to all at Devore Happy Christmas .Doc BC

[@fumedtwice8921]

great story! Thanks for sharing

[@MitchAhlbaum]

Sweet story. Hang in there!

[@ScottTice1971]

Delegation and trust in your employees is the ONLY way forward. Document your processes and hire accordingly. This is the only path if you want any sanity in your life. Remember that YOU need time for yourself sometimes and the only way to keep a flexible schedule is to have a staff that can take your place in a pinch. Keep up the good work!

[@jchborg90277]

To make a long-term go of it in luxury products (e.g. high-end audio) one must have serious capitalization. There is no way to prepare for success without adequate inventory. Consumers have too many choices. That said, DeVore makes fine products. Good luck Dahlia.

[@derosa1989]

Bahamas! one of my favorite Canadian bands.

[@BurtWicks]

Rich is a relative thing. $2M in savings or an IRA? $6M? $20M? when do you hit "rich"?

[@holytiger89]

for me, it means Rich enough to buy the O/ref or even O/bronze

[@ThePerkri]

That, is how it’s done!

[@jlutell]

thank you for Bahamas.

[@bengtekman8616]

I love companies that take care of their empoyes, customers and the enviorment. Big buisness is often greed and money. I would love to afford to buy a DeVore speaker. But I’m affraid that it would never happen. Over 200.000 Swedish kronor is over my league.

[@sudd3660]

devore have a model called Orangutan micr/O, Price: 4750 Euro.

[@Carrera6rennsport]

delegating authorty to others is the major hurdle for small buisness owners. looks like you've got a great team now. doubling the size of your co again wil be that much easier.

[@plopperkopper7600]

what was the song playing in the opening?

[@tomaslarsen7814]

How do your speakers sound , compare to Audio Note and the old Snell speakers?

[@adamyelle4901]

Knowing other business owners who have shared similar sentiments as you, I like to remind them how incredible the achievement is of simply making your own living from the business you built. So many businesses don't even make it a year. For you guys to be in business for as long as you have, and making the incredible products you do, you guys are crushing it!

[@johnshepherd708]

What is Dalia going to do and where is she headed?

[@gtronn74]

❤

[@jonathanthomas4722]

You're a 'great businessman' because your company lasted 25 years. More companies fail in one year than make it to year two.

[@alanhuth7568]

You are a good businessman. I bet any one of your employees would run through a brick wall for you. In a future video I'd love to see a design/test/manufacturing process walkthrough.

[@dertechniker8867]

John will not show us. Like he will not show us the inside of his speakers. People would recognise that they are just speakers 😉

[@DeVOREFIDELITY]

@@alanhuth7568 I am working on individual videos for each speaker model. That is separate from this channel though, I prefer not to focus on our speakers here.

[@dirkbusche54]

Dear John, I appreciate you and your philosophy and your products very much. Surely you have always been and still very diligent today. Respect! You're not rich? Certainly!!! Compared to Elon Musk, you are very, very poor. And compared to employees in the supermarket (or your employees)? Very, very wealthy. You say nothing about your annual income, nothing about your assets (company shares, private property). So it could be that you are richer than your viewers think possible. Please note that you have spectators who may only have 2000 to 2500 dollars net per month. For these, as a successful entrepreneur, you are not only privileged (freedom), but, as I assume, undoubtedly rich (which you have earned hard). Do you agree?

[@paulomontero12]

Make affordable products for the 80 percent of us please

[@kiarashalimi937]

I wish you were everybody’s boss

[@arndrischmuller4409]

❤🎄❤️🥰🎄

[@DeVOREFIDELITY]

@@arndrischmuller4409 Arnd!

[@raykuiper4979]

Do agreee with the comment from saladorrodennas, name a speaker : Dalia

[@2ridiculous41]

To you and all your staff, present and absent,a very merry xmas from Australia. And, because the music at the start reminded me of one of his songs, in case you don't know him, I send a song from Paul Kelly a bit of an Australian treasure. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJi1m4KdbKaqobsfeature=shared

[@smokeonthewater420]

🙄🤔what,s rich...??? stress ...??? or an ☕️and good Musik...???

[@salvadorrodenas3071]

You must name your next loudspeaker Dalia as a recognition, don't you think she deserves?

[@holytiger89]

But Dalia is not an ape so she cannot be named for a speaker. Maybe something else.. next Komuro amp?

[@GiancarloBenzina]

She‘s no monkey, but you can name your speakers Dalia. Oh I‘m sure there are Dalia speakers somewhere already, too. So it would conflict in the market.

[@smaarch1]

Not sure what this means?

[@holytiger89]

it means you are not sure

[@auggysimcity]

@@holytiger89 you mean ?Not Sure " - the president of America in the near future? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYfcg56iataBmJo

[@Forollo9210]

It means they miss a great person that was a big part in getting them where they're at today.

[@danedewaard8215]

Sounds like you owe a lot to Dahlia!!! Hopefully you made her an offer to be a partner with a 6 figure salary!!!!

[@steveilich2197]

You are a sincere honest man John, Good luck to Dalia and long may DeVore Fidelity live!! 👏👏👏🦘🦘🦘🌏🌏🌏