I hope the Chinese company isn’t just buying the brand name, but actually buying the company.
IE, will continue to do excellent beyerdynamic things.
But I doubt it. I don’t know if an audio company that got better after an acquisition. Cheaper, maybe. Better bamg-for-buck, yup. But actually better? Not that I can think of.
As opposed to what Behringer/Music Tribe did to Midas: Midas made extremely well respected kit; Behringer buys them (except it was Music Group, now Music Tribe); midas stuff becomes shittier; behringer stuff becomes a little bit better.
Sucks for anyone that bought a Pro series console. Pretty much a boat anchor after 5 years.
I hope the Chinese company isn’t just buying the brand name, but actually buying the company.
IE, will continue to do excellent beyerdynamic things.
But I doubt it. I don’t know if an audio company that got better after an acquisition. Cheaper, maybe. Better bamg-for-buck, yup. But actually better? Not that I can think of.
As opposed to what Behringer/Music Tribe did to Midas: Midas made extremely well respected kit; Behringer buys them (except it was Music Group, now Music Tribe); midas stuff becomes shittier; behringer stuff becomes a little bit better.
Sucks for anyone that bought a Pro series console. Pretty much a boat anchor after 5 years.