What happened to Berkeley Audio Design


Just wondering if this company has ceased to exist as an engineering firm? 

They don't really seem to have released any new products (the Reference isn't one IMHO) in 4 years, with little news, announcements, trickle down or added features, and a quick search on LinkedIn did not find them. 

Does anyone have an inside scoop?

Best,


Erik
erik_squires
Erik, your "questions" come off as accusations.  If you have any solid information to offer, then please do.  Otherwise your speculations makes me wonder about your motives.  It just doesn't seem like curiosity on your part.
I'm really OK with you taking my questions as accusations.  It's kind of irrelevant and impossible to refute. 

I'm however much more interested in facts about how they are doing that comes from outside of their web site.  Being unable to find them on LinkedIn I'm also now curious if they are "real" or a brand without any engineering employees of it's own.  Is that an accusation ? No, but if you feel better take it that way. 

Mostly this is my own ignorance hoping to connect with people who know something. 

If this company is real and involved in innovative new products then the proof will come along soon enough and I'll go "yeay! They're alive!" 

None of this affects their products however, which in my mind stand on their own, for better or worse. I honestly would love to hear they are working on something, like a cool digital streamer that finally makes me want to get off my Logitech Squeezebox infrastructure, a digital preamp with built in DSP, something, anything like that would be wonderful to hear about them. 

Best,


Erik
Well Erik, if the current status and direction of the company is so very important to you and they are locals to you as you say why don't you just pay them a visit and ask them all these questions instead of us?
Geese, legitimate questions treated as accusations? Most vibrant companies are offering yearly updates if not brand new products. BAD has a good rep but does anyone know anything about the company and its prospects? 
Does sound like Erik could just pop over for an enlightening conversation, and he seems to care, so why not?