Audio Research was bankrupt and was sold to the Fine Sounds Group. Bill Johnsons goal was always to keep parts available no matter when their amps were designed, but due to the fact Bill Johnson is no longer there and they were also in heay debut with the Fine Sounds Group Audio Research stopped selling spare parts mainly for equipment designed by Bill Johnson.Well, maybe the GOAL contributed to the bankruptcy? When you have dead capital tied up with low ROI, company cannot survive.
I'm glad ARC is now run as a company so they can continue releasing excellent products. Passion alone doesn't pay the bills.
Companies have to evolve and adapt to changing business environments. I'm not aware of any successful companies having the same operation as 30 years ago? Well maybe in land of oz.