MBL Insolvent

Yes, it is very sad. But hopefully they will work their way out of it. Glad to hear in the mean time it is business as usual. 

An example of how these audio companies are small businesses run by folks that are passionate about audio and are not getting rich by their greed. Sonus Faber seems to have about 65 employees, MBL 50 employees and Audio Research about 50, Boulder around 20... Ayre is also small. These are small companies making small profits and one small misstep and they can easily go out of business. 

Maybe Samsung might like having a German footprint.

Was bound to happen. Unfortunate but expected

There are many audio companies competing for the funds of the wealthy or more-than-wealthy. It isn’t surprising that not all can survive, especially at this time of economic uncertainty.

That’s unique and valuable speaker technology.  I’m confident it will survive somehow. 

@ghdprentice I agree. Not  muchbroom for error in a low volume business with significant capital costs and  a competitive environment to boost. It seems to me that these are the businesses the innovate and take risks And we need them to succeed. Sooner or later, it benefits everyone who is interested in this stuff .