BillFitzmaurice.info

Hi Bill,
I have two questions.

1.) Do you have plans to update the authorized Builders list? There's quite a few builders that I have emailed and never ever received a response even after multiple follow-ups.

2.) A lot of the build URLs are comparing against much older retail cabs ( over 20 years old?) With up-and-coming younger generation do you have plans to update your comparisons with more modern retail cabinets?

I drop builders from the list only at their request. As for more modern retail cabinets, there have been very few significant changes to them, other than upgraded driver performance. I account for that by periodically revising the recommended drivers list, so to the extent that commercial cabs are getting better so are ours.

Bill Fitzmaurice wrote: ↑Sun Nov 09, 2025 5:53 pm I drop builders from the list only at their request. As for more modern retail cabinets, there have been very few significant changes to them, other than upgraded driver performance. I account for that by periodically revising the recommended drivers list, so to the extent that commercial cabs are getting better so are ours.

Gotcha. In case anyone else is curious, below builder I emailed multiple times over the years and no response. May be worth removing them from the list..

Steven Gustafson, Cypress, Texas. stevengustafson@att.net

Bill and anyone else that have been searching or authorized builders in the USA: I have spent the past year trying to contact some of these folks. Below emails have zero reply. I've followed up 3x via emails to each.

Bill, don''t know if these folks pay a royalty for the franchise, but you may want to clean up the list. New folks to the site that want a builder will reach a "no response" from them.


Walter Kreuser, Kenosha, Wisconsin. walter@hickory-oaks.com,
Ken Lustgarten, Mount Hope, West Virginia. klustgarten@gmail.com
Kent Whitten, East Waterboro, Maine. kentwhitten@gmail.com
Eric Melbardis, Santa Barbara, California. epm@wyldewoods.com
Jake Smith, Gerrardstown, West Virginia. pquijal@gmail.com
Steven Gustafson, Cypress, Texas. stevengustafson@att.net

I have received no such email. I have been absent, yes. But I do check my emails

KentWhitten wrote: ↑Sun Feb 08, 2026 10:24 am I have received no such email. I have been absent, yes. But I do check my emails

Sent a third follow up email to you (kentwhitten@gmail.com).

You know something Bill. I really don't like this fucking guy calling me out.

I received your email bud. I really don't know what the problem is. It's Bill's site. He's already stated what HE does on HIS site.

Politely saying mind your own business

KentWhitten wrote: ↑Mon Feb 09, 2026 6:24 am You know something Bill. I really don't like this fucking guy calling me out.

I received your email bud. I really don't know what the problem is. It's Bill's site. He's already stated what HE does on HIS site.

Politely saying mind your own business

Jeez. Not here to ruffle any feathers. I've been around the sight for 15 years and always interested in a builder. All I stated was that I had emailed a few builders and never got a response so unsure if they are still in it or not. I'm sure other random people on the web have probably emailed Builders and got in a dead end.

If you're a valid builder, great. Good day.

Again. Mind your own business. I don't think you're the designated list keeper. Pretty sure Bill can do that all by himself. What were you the hall monitor in school?