I fear many small businesses will suffer the same fate. Almost every day I see small business owners either having to lay people off and/or having to close their doors or are on the brink of doing so. Many of them poured their life savings into their business dream/passion and mortgaged their homes, cashed out 401ks, etc. Very, very sad.
EveAnna has sold her biz
Ralph Karsten has been vocal as to the uncertain future of tube gear. This is a punch to the gut. My totally unsupported hunch is that EveAnna has the same concerns. I always wanted to have one of Manley's 300B amps. I don't know now. I am a very happy owner of a Steelhead phono stage for ten years. Eventually the outboard power supply will fail (they always do) and I may be without the ability to have it serviced if this new owner ends up closing shop.