I heard Emotive bought Bob Carvers tube company

Answers to your concerns.....Yes, Emotiva has oficially purchased and now owns Bob Carver LLC.

Dealers will remain.

Bob Carver has always been involved with the company on the design front and will continue to do so. The tube company has been very sucessful.

The product line will not be "cheapened". They will continue to be designed by Bob Carver, made in the US and will not change in their design. Still all hard wired.
Their current employees/techs will remain and continue to build and service the products.

Emotiva does not want to degrade the line. The Bob Carver legend will continue and with the same level of design, craftsmanship and quality.

We have provided preamps and shown with Carver at every show they have done since the introduction of their tube line and talk to them on a regular basis which is how I know the details mentioned above. My comments above are the basic facts as I am not the one to provide inner details.

I am not associated with Emotiva in any way. I am a partner and the designer for Purity Audio Design. Yes, you were correct in that we (Purity) have been showing with Carver for all their past shows.

"...Bob needs engineering support from emo engineers, really?...."

I hope I didn't imply this (I didn't go back and read my original post). Bob will continue to do the design work for the Carver pieces.

"....Did emo assist Carver LLC employees in relocation expenses and a raise?....."

That's not something I would know.

"....There are junk made all over the world and not exclusively in China....."

Exactly. Every county has it's good and bad. A little research and you can weed out the junk no matter where it's designed/made.

I would be cautious of purchasing any unknown product direct from another country if there is no dealer/distributor in the country you live in.