Do you remember?

The disappearance of Sonic Frontiers always intrigued me as their products are still popular in the used market and still sell for fairly decent prices.

Spica, too. Some of the best loudspeakers made, at affordable prices. They were bought by an electronics company, then shut down. I spoke to the original owner (John Bau) about this once. He seemed quite surprised and disapointed. He sounded like a man of principal, saying how he wanted to make great speakers people could afford, and refused to pursue the crazy $$ high-end market. A real shame and loss to the high-end market.

Regarding Aragon, they were associated with Acurus. Are they gone too?

Apogee speakers-the stages could do vocals like no other speaker I've heard.

Dunlavy speakers- another buyout and shut it down story.

Sonic Frontiers-I agree that was a shock.

Klipsch bought the name a few years ago, as I recall, then the Aragon name quietly disappeared into the audio abyss.

Many of these companies go out of business because they offer too much value. They are not getting enough monetary return on the quality they put out and cannot remain afloat. One has to make sure the profit margin is enough to stay viable.

John

Add Hales - a great speaker company