Bose buys McIntosh

It will be interesting to see what happens with market value of current and vintage Mac and SF gear. Could be a money maker for those willing to sell. We will see.  Maybe I can sell my SF Concerto Domus for a hefty profit to buy much bigger Olympicas for less.  :^)

Harmon acquisition of Roon has worked out well. Roon was a performance and reliability mess prior. Much better since! Hopefully all teh corporate resources invested means even brighter results down the road.  

Formalized technical support is still virtually non-existent.  I would fix that soon to help pave the way to more happy customers down the road.

I would absolutely expect the very highly regarded Mac and Sonus Faber brand names will be milked for all they are worth. That just means some new and but hopefully quality products targeting a larger market might start to come under those brand names. Does not necessarily mean the the "high end" items are no more. As long as they are profitable.....

We will see. THere are surely a lot of smart and successful people involved who will continue to release a wide range of good quality products that people want (I hope).  I will look on the bright side until proven wrong.  Would not be first time....

My bet is my Mac/SF product consumption personally can only go up assuming new high quality yet cost effective products come to fruition.

Better to read a story about a buyout vs. another legacy company going defunct.

Amen to that. Times change and always nice when valued products continue to survive.

I get the concern. Last year John Strohbeen, the force behind Ohm speakers for 40 some years , passed. Company was up for sale but never sold apparently. Others who learned under JS’s wings are carrying the ball now. So far the only noticeable change is prices for both new and used Ohm gear have gone up a lot in recent years.

I would much rather have Bose acquire Ohm than have to say goodbye, even though the Ohms I have will most likely outlive me.

Ohm Walshes are totally unique .  Nothing else like them  (unlike Mac and SF).  mbl has similarities but those cost way more and are not practical in most folk's rooms at home.

Well I’ve never bought Mac and Sonus Faber only used in a good deal.

Personally, nothing much to lose and maybe something to gain, but I can understand the concern.

If quality of new Mac and SF were to go down as part of new marketing strategy, I would expect that to only increase the value of existing classic Mac and SF gear.

That plus Mac and SF have their unique aspects that many fancy but far from the only fish in the sea.   I'm not really concerned that I may not be able to find good quality hifi gear for good value moving forward as needed.