Legal Notice

Dear Hi-Fi Audio Community,

After very careful consideration over the past several months, we made the difficult decision to file a federal lawsuit. This filing includes a large number of claims against Michael Bovaird, his businesses (Suncoast Audio, Luxury Hi-Fi Distribution, and Clarisys Audio), against Michael Gefteas (AKA The Greek Audio Geek) and his business (Bespoke Audio), and Florian Wiegand, part owner of Clarisys Audio.

This is a public filing and is very detailed. We wanted to set the record straight. Here are the main aspects of our defamation claims:

  • Statements that AXISS chose to not provide a refund to a certain Soulution customer who had asked for a refund are false. As our complaint explains, this customer had purchased their products from Michael Bovaird at Suncoast Audio and not AXISS. It was Bovaird’s Suncoast Audio business who decided when and how much to refund to their customer, not AXISS Audio.
  • Statements that a Soulution 717 blew up and caused physical injuries to this customer are also false.
  • Statements that this customer’s Soulution 717 destroyed his Rockport Lyra speakers is false. As detailed in our lawsuit, although this customer’s speakers did have tweeter damage, AXISS Audio and Soulution extensively tested this customer’s 727 preamp and 717 power amp. This testing included over 50 consecutive hours of play on AXISS’s own pair of Rockport Lyra speakers and during which no faults could be found.

These defamatory statements and more have unfortunately caused significant damages to AXISS Audio, Soulution, and to our other brands, which is why we felt we had no other option but to pursue legal action.

To see the full lawsuit, please click here.

We hope everyone can understand that AXISS Audio and our brands cannot speak further about the details in our case and that we must let the legal process play out. When we can provide updates, we will post them here on this page. We appreciate all of your understanding for why we are now pursuing this legal process in order to restore our reputation and make sure that these damaging attacks do not continue to happen.

Sincerely,

Cliff Duffey
Owner, AXISS Audio