What happened to Berkeley Audio Design


Just wondering if this company has ceased to exist as an engineering firm? 

They don't really seem to have released any new products (the Reference isn't one IMHO) in 4 years, with little news, announcements, trickle down or added features, and a quick search on LinkedIn did not find them. 

Does anyone have an inside scoop?

Best,


Erik
erik_squires

Showing 1 response by ukeleleplayer

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/what-happened-to-rhapsody-and-berkeley

Obviously an angry author for whatever reason responding back to the above post. The original question was asked about a vendor who was stripped his dealership of a few brands including Berkeley then in a very rare appearance which was kind of cool in of itself the vendor comes on crying gloom and doom with this big story looking for sympathy about how he didn't sell any Berkeley nunits in six months and how his rents are sky high and how it is all about sales and costs to him. Typical answer of most dealers.... Blah blah blah, first of all, if you take on a brand you need to give it a heck of a lot more time than 6 months and secondly if your rent is too high, tough luck brother, move! You make the decisions as to where to operate, not Berkeley... If you can't sell a single Berkeley unit operating in NYC, it is not the fault of the brand or your high costs, it is only a product of your failure as a salesperson. Ciamara is selling Berkeley DACs like pancakes, yet Rhapsody cannot sell one in six months and they get dumped and it is the brand's fault even though it sounds great, to quote him. Kind of strange but this is classic dealer behavior. Then he comes back kisssing another member's you know what inviting him to his store. Again, LOL!! Look what happened to Rhapsody's other brands like EMM Labs, Proclain, Avantegarde, etc, etc all in and out like a thunderstorm. The author to this thread is angry for whatever reason at Berkeley and should post his own thread with his own voice not copy another member in similarity.  How can anybody say this crap about a manufacturer at the cutting edge of technology? I don't believe Rhapsody at all..the guy is a charmer, just have a look at this thread

http://www.audioshark.org/general-audio-discussion-15/get-together-bobs-rhapsody-2518.html

Guess I opened a can of worms but never imtended to. I'm not knocking Rhapsody, after all, like Berkeley as he owned up to, his products sound good!! Sorry Rhapsody if I hit a nerve and had you come out of your dark cave...