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MBL Insolvent

I apologize if someone else has started a thread I missed, but reports indicate that MBL has initiated insolvency proceedings under German law. Not all businesses succeed- its a feature not a bug in a free enterprise system- but hopefully new investors will come in and save the company. This seems to be following the way of Audio Research (fortunately saved) and others-lots of uncertainty surrounding Dartzeel, Krell, etc, which is unfortunate. So many of these manufacturers are small businesses, obviously without huge capital reserves and sometimes without a good succession plan when the founders move on. I hope MBL successfully restructures, it makes great products. I think we all benefit from a healthy, vibrant group at the top end that has the resources to create and innovate. Good luck MBL.

kerrybh

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The late John Strohbeen of Ohm Acoustics once wrote an article on the site where he indicated his admiration for mbl speakers indicating they were one of few that sounded right to him (other than his own Walsh CLS design) and took great pride in providing more affordable products cut from a similar mold.   His goal it seemed was always to deliver the best sound possible for an affordable price to as many music lovers as possible. 
 

Also interesting to note that Ohm Walsh speaker prices both used and new seem to have soared in recent years.  

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Would love to see some “trickle down” of mbl technology to smaller and more affordable products designed to work better in most people’s rooms. 

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

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