Metrum Acoustis is gone?

RE: Metrum Acoustis is gone?, posted on April 25, 2020 at 22:17:29
zacster Audiophile Posts: 2179 Location: NYC Joined: November 22, 2003	I got a security warning from Firefox when I clicked.

RE: Metrum Acoustis is gone?, posted on April 26, 2020 at 01:23:34

PAR
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I checked the link and tried to reach the website again via Google using both Firefox and Edge. Both browsers displayed a warning about the certificate. As I could easily gain access yesterday I can only surmise that the certificate expired overnight.

That has happened here at AA before now so it may just be an administrative issue rather than indicating that they have gone under. Of course in today's special circumstances it may be that what would have been a straightforward issue now has nobody in place to either pick up on it or fix it.

"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams

RE: Metrum Acoustis is gone?, posted on April 26, 2020 at 01:29:54
Roseval Audiophile Posts: 1845 Joined: March 31, 2008	To the best of my knowledge, Metrum has been bought by All Engineering in 2018. All Engineering has gone broke recently. https://insolventies.rechtspraak.nl/Services/VerslagenService/getPdf/16_mne_20_77_F_V_01 The developer behind the Metrum DACs and their NOS chip, Cees Ruijtenberg , has started a new company https://www.sonnet-audio.com/ The Well Tempered Computer

Too bad...., posted on April 26, 2020 at 08:14:53
Ivan303 Audiophile Posts: 48887 Location: Cadiere d'azur FRANCE - Santa Fe, NM Joined: February 26, 2001	They built a decent sounding DAC, IIRC (been awhile since I heard one) but they were priced a bit out of my range. First they came for the dumb-asses And I did not speak out Because I was not a dumb-ass

RE: Metrum Acoustis is gone?, posted on April 26, 2020 at 09:48:07
DrN Audiophile Posts: 366 Joined: January 31, 2014	THX for all the info!! So much for that purchase.

RE: Metrum Acoustis is gone?, posted on May 8, 2020 at 01:27:46

PeterM
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I visited just a minute ago. They are indeed out of business:

METRUM ACOUSTICS™
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY WE HAD TO CLOSE SHOP, WHICH IS VERY SAD, YET WHEN THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF THE COMPANY DECIDES TO START A NEW COMPANY WHILE STILL BEING A SHAREHOLDER, THUS VIOLATING ALL ETHICAL / BUSINESS RULES, CREATING NEW PRODUCTS BASED ON THE ORIGINAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, THERE IS NOT MUCH ONE CAN DO. WE ALWAYS AIMED TO PROVIDE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE, THE BEST PRODUCTS AND MADE MANY FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY, WE THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE WILL BE BACK SOON, STRONGER AND BETTER THAN EVER WITHOUT THE ANNOYING BEHAVIOR OF SOME FORMER INFLUENCES! !

With PR like that sorry excuse, posted on May 9, 2020 at 01:27:38
jusbe Audiophile Posts: 5950 Location: North Island Joined: April 4, 2000	they won't be hearing from me. Ever. Big J "... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal* salvation is a contradiction in terms."*

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Metrum Acoustis is gone?

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