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Chinese ownership

I am sad to say that I agree entirely with Morricab, that this "transaction" respresents the end of Dynaudio as we have known it. The company has decided to cash out, like many Hifi Companies before them.

We have seen this before...the Chinese bought out Krell in the mid-2000's. The name Krell still appears on the new products but audiophiles know that the new Krell products are nothing like the old.

Similarly, when the Chinese bought out REL, they wasted no time laying off all the English REL staff. The new Chinese REL products are in no way comparable to English REL products.

I can go on.

The Chinese bought Rogers loudspeakers in 1993 and by 1998 had closed down the (English) speaker building operation entirely. Rogers products ceased to be traded except in the Far East where you saw the Rogers name attached to vacuum cleaners. It seeems the Chinese only saw value in the name and trademark.

The Chinese bought the English Verity Audio Group (including the venerable Mission brand) in the late nineties. Since then the former Verity brands have virtually vanished.

I also think that its telling that Chinese hifi collectors (who are busy vacuuming up all the world's best hifi) won't touch the products of the Chinese-owned companies. They prefer the originals. They know the difference.

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