Rip M&k

marker
marker Posts: 1,084
edited February 2007 in The Clubhouse
It is being said over at AVS that M&K is officially gone for good as of the day before yesterday. :(
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2007
    Really? Looking at the company's website, there's nothing to indicate this is happening.
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  • howie777
    howie777 Posts: 357
    edited February 2007
    Huh, here is what thier online stores says...

    The store is temporarily offline for maintenance. Sorry for the inconvenience. Please come back later.

    ?
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  • okiepolkie
    okiepolkie Posts: 2,258
    edited February 2007
    It has been predicted for a while now, as they had a small following(dealer wise). I looked at them as I was selecting product lines, but was told to look at someone else due to the slide down.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2007
    M&K's website mention the close of their Chatsworth, CA factory as of 02/22/2007. Nothing about the closing of business.
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  • Dennis Gardner
    Dennis Gardner Posts: 4,861
    edited February 2007
    Danny Tse wrote:
    M&K's website mention the close of their Chatsworth, CA factory as of 02/22/2007. Nothing about the closing of business.

    Unless they've subbed the work out to some little guys in a hollow tree, I think this indicates closing of business.;)
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,568
    edited February 2007
    So M&K is no more eh.

    Well, the real question is - who will really miss them.

    Their active push pull configuration sounded like bass that was in slow motion. Bleh.

    But, alas - never is fun to see an old company die. RIP ;)
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  • howie777
    howie777 Posts: 357
    edited February 2007
    M&K only said they closed thier US plant. I believe they had to switch to a Low Cost Country (China I think) in order to get costs in line (They used to test all speakers individually which is very costly (they may still do this in thier new plant). Also notice that now they are experiencing counterfit product hitting the market out of China.

    Anyway, they have some really nice products and hopefully they will continue on for a while.

    And I would really miss them! I have all M&K products for my PC (B1600's x 2) and HT (851's x 5 and MX-150 sub). So I'm pulling for them.

    Howie
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited February 2007
    Wow! I was never personally a fan of their gear for home use, but they sure seemed to have a good following in many high-end studios.

    I hate to see any good small company go down. Hopefully they can pull things together.
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  • Serendipity
    Serendipity Posts: 6,975
    edited February 2007
    Sid,

    I remember you had an M&K subwoofer that served you well for a few years. That was until you got an SVS :)
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