The Future of Audio Research

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Very sad news. My experience with Audio Research products and personnel has always been excellent. David Gordon was always especially helpful.
 
Indeed, sad to see such a legendary audio company go out of business. One of my all time favorite preamps was the Ref 5SE.

Impressively long list of people owed money.

PS - I hope a “white knight” steps in and buys the assets and keeps some element of ARC alive.
 
MichaelsMinute said:
I haven't followed this closely. What was the mismanagement and greed AR did to cause all this?
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if they owe that many people money/products than that's typically what it is, they have been around for 50 years or so and have a tremendous following, just guessing but that's my opinion
 
One of the oldest American manufacturers of audio equipment is now gone. Sad. In its heyday, ARC was a world leader in tube electronics. However, the Apex in demand for tube equipment is long gone.
Some companies see the light early (Oppo quit making CD/DVD/Blu-Ray players years ago); others are blind (Kodak invented the digital camera but shelved it to keep selling film; Kodak is now gone). As a younger generation of audiophiles continues to shape the future of audio, more of today's high-end companies are prone to go the ARC route.
 
Let’s hope this iconic brand can find a way forward.


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Porsche said:
agreed, hopefully someone buys them out and fixes there issues, love my classic 60 from yesteryear
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I sure hope so. I was a Platinum Level Audio Research dealer, the highest level based on sales performance. When the company was sold, I took 6 months to evaluate the situation, had many discussions with the folks there and in the end, just didn’t have a good feeling about things and decided to drop the line. Sometimes intuition is right. That being said, I love their heritage and hope they can work through this. It’s best for the entire industry if they can.

I’ll be honest, I think a particular couple of others could follow suit (none I carry or have ever carried). Just a gut feeling. We have so many great new companies coming into the market and “complacency is enemy of progress.”

Remember, I’m not just an audio dealer. For 25 years I owned a successful consulting and IT company, with global offices and a large staff - all working with most of the Fortune 500. My perspective on business is a little different from many in the industry.


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Porsche said:
oh, I think the writing is on the wall for many companies in the near future
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I don’t agree. Many? No. A couple? Yes. It seems to me that when there is an abrupt change in ownership, it’s very destabilizing:


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Porsche said:
if they owe that many people money/products than that's typically what it is, they have been around for 50 years or so and have a tremendous following, just guessing but that's my opinion
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I was curios as I've always heard ARC was great with customers and I've never heard of them being "greedy". Thanks for clarifying.
 
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