No God No! Say it Ain’t So!

"What will come out next definitely be the result of cutting cost where they can. They will sell an inferior product but market the heck out of the brands."

Now, you have no idea if that's going to be the outcome...

@thecarpathian

+1 (I agree, he has NO idea.)

Many people just don’t understand how holding companies and combination of brands work. There at least as many successful combinations, enabling niche brands to spend more on R&D and marketing then there are bad stories.

Everyone just needs to calm down and see how this plays out.

Bose is a well respected player in the professional and consumer audio world and is SO much better than Clarion to take the reigns here. I have trust that they will help maintain (or build) the McIntosh brand and keep the quality levels up.

It’s a sad day.  It’s as absurd as appointing Dr. Oz to an important Cabinet position.

Oh wait, did those two things happen in the same week?