Big changes at Audio Research (again)

[Mike]

Val Acora is out at Audio Research.

Roger Hwang takes over.

Dave Gordon is back as the lead man.

As a former Platinum Level Audio Research dealer, my take is that McIntosh set them up for failure.

I wish them the best of luck, but two bankruptcies now will not calm any buyers fears.

 

[Michaels HiFi]

From a tube-lover perspective I do hope they succeed, even though they are not my favorite sound.

I do think those rock-speakers are pretty poor sounding.

 

[Mr Peabody]

Did Wang buy out Val or is he still invested?

 

[Mike]

Did Wang buy out Val or is he still invested?

Guess Wang bought the whole shuhbamg.

 

[Kramer64]

Its never great when craft companies start charging hands. Sometimes it works but its difficult to maintain the ethos that built the products that built the company. I hope it works out and maybe reducing the investors will help.

 

[Mikado463]

Its never great when craft companies start charging hands. Sometimes it works but its difficult to maintain the ethos that built the products that built the company. I hope it works out and maybe reducing the investors will help.

I suspect WZJ is looking down with wonder.........

 

[Mr Peabody]

Guess Wang bought the whole shuhbamg.

The name may be too common I couldn't find anything about Hwang. Is he in audio do you know?

 

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[BendingWave]

The name may be too common I couldn't find anything about Hwang. Is he in audio do you know?

he owns a cosmetics company and lives in Toronto and he has been the owner all along

 

[Mr Peabody]

he owns a cosmetics company and lives in Toronto and he has been the owner all along

If he owned it all along then why was Acora's buy in such news? I read he saved them from the bankruptcy. The saga is confusing.

 

[Mike]

If he owned it all along then why was Acora's buy in such news? I read he saved them from the bankruptcy. The saga is confusing.

The confusion is unparalleled. One customer said to me today, “If we can’t trust them to be open and honest about the ownership from the beginning, how can we trust them buying their gear?”

 

[Michaels HiFi]

The confusion is unparalleled. One customer said to me today, “If we can’t trust them to be open and honest about the ownership from the beginning, how can we trust them buying their gear?”

It's interesting to me certain people 'in the industry' who consistently preach about transparency and honesty yet are bending over backwards now to make excuses as to why this is OK on behalf of ARC.

Almost as bad as claiming to be unbiased and neutral and then sending an email begging for money from companies to pay for show coverage and forgetting to ever disclose that...