What happened to Berkeley Audio Design

erik_squires "I have tried looking their office up, no dice."

The company phone number is on its website.
(510) 277-0512
Why don't you just call them?
 

Call them and have a discussion?  No, it's much easier speculating on an on-line forum that they're a zombie company with no actual engineering talent.  It's the 21st century!

So, good news! 

I got an e-mail back from them within minutes. There IS active product development, including MQA decoding coming "before the end of the year."

They did say they were "small" though, so I think I'm going to have to get used to a more modest and hopefully high quality rate of new product introductions.

So, my bad! :)  I just have to be more patient.

Best,

Erik

If you have a question about a given audio manufacturer in the future, I'd have a couple suggestions:

1.  Don't make your headline sound like the company's dead.  Most audio manufacturers -- even the good ones -- are operating on a very low margin budget, so even the suggestion of a company's viability on a site like this can have a significant negative impact. 

2.  While you have every right to ask this question to this site's members, why follow it up with a question like "Just wondering if this company has ceased to exist as an engineering firm?"  Make an effort to at least contact them before you throw something like that out there. 

You may have very valid questions here, but the way you ask them is in such a negative tone it raises questions as to your motivations.  And that doesn't need to be the case here at all.  Most of the people who work very hard to produce honestly good niche products for us and our hobby and who so rarely get paid commensurately are unfortunately largely operating on a shoestring budget.  Especially when good high-end dealers are a cherished and vanishing breed, let's not shoot hard-working and well-intentioned manufacturers in the foot unnecessarily or unintentionally.  In any event, good to know BAD is still out there innovating and bringing products to market.  

My bad, but to be honest I thought with all the positive press and seeing BAD products used by top tier speaker makers I was sure it would be moments before there were half a dozen posts talking about BAD activities I did not know about.

I'll be more careful in the future.

Best,

Erik