Sonic Frontiers is bankrupt?

Sonic Frontiers is kind of a brief summary on the state of hi end.

Hi-end is a niche market. Tubes are but a niche of that niche. When a company bases their foundation on such a small slice of the pie and can not dominate or at least garner a very sizable portion of that market, they have no other choice but to take another route or forever close their doors. As such, i would rather see a company that is as dedicated as SF change course than go completely under. Sean
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I spoke personally to one of the original owners of Sonic Frontiers. He said that they are "focusing" on their home theater Anthem line, and that the SF tube products will not be produced for the time being, but stressed that this does not mean permanently. I guess it is anyone's guess whether production runs will occur in the future. They have plenty of parts and service techs who know the products, so customer support for all the tube gear they made will be there, hopefully for a long time.

I believe Paradigm said, hey, we can make a lot more money on the home theatre stuff; we want you to stop the tube production for now.

It's a downer, because the build quality, finish, parts and sonics made this a product value unlike many other tube manufacturers offer. Look at a 11 pd. Audio Research preamp, then look at a Sonic Frontiers preamp. AR gives you SO little for the money, though their stuff sounds good.

The Tube End is on hold.Belive me they will bring it back when the market is ready for it again.For know they have a cash cow to milk.Thats the HT side.

Sad news indeed. I spent 3 happy years with a SL-1 pre that is still making great music on a friends system. They made good gear.

Whats to be sad about.They are not bankrupt.Still there to service and support gear they made.Just talking a break from Tube MFG.