Audio Research Ref 6 upgrade to 6SE.

tattooedtrackman

ARC is fine. I spoke to them personally. No worries at all.

I wish ARC the best, @tattooedtrackman  but the company has serious issues. The court filings are all online, so you can read for yourself.

If the technical talent hangs on then the company has a chance to survive.  But the first thing companies pull back on these days to help cash flow is Engineering.  It is a short term solution with long term consequences.  Over my career I observed that  managing executives saw engineers as a commodity- an expensive commodity.  But the engineers are the product.  It is a recurring pattern, a downward spiral.  When product development budgets are cut, sales fall two years out.  That leads to further cuts and subsequently an additional drop in sales.  A cut in R&D budgets has even longer term consequences.  That affects sales five years out and further.  

The irony is that the first employees of a new company are typically engineers/technical talent but the last employees of a company before it closes are managers.

It is not good that ARC has gone into receivership. However, I am not so sure things are all that dire with Audio Research at the moment. The company has been acquired by Valerio Cora of Acora Acoustics Corporation to Lead New Corporation For Audio Research Brand - The Absolute Sound. Someone who owns a lot of their gear and has a passion to ensure their survival over just selling off the assets. 

A friend of mine spent about an hour talking to the new owner. He comes across as a very strong leader, passionate and knowledgable about high audio, a competent business man, with the very best intentions to strengthen the brand and importantly deep enough pockets to make it happen. It seems likely ARC is in good hands.