I believe that it's based on a new marketing strategy. They've designed the Rosebuds to go with their ultra-slimline integrated amp. The R3s were not very efficient whereas the Rosebuds are much higher efficiency and designed to accompany the new line of electronics at their given price point. There was a review with Mark Levinson in S'phile where I believe he mentions something about that.
What happened to Red Rose R3?
What happened to the Red Rose R3, after more than a few great reviews in the major mags it is gone from the red rose web site. What gives? Was it a problem with the speaker or did they just think that the new "rosebud" was better? Anyone heard both the rosebud and the r3 and can give a comparison?