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Whatever happened to YBA?

As a satisfied owner of a YBA Passion integrated I was wondering if YBA even sells into the US market anymore. I rarely if ever see anything posted about them (besides the YBA Design stuff). Over time I have come to realize my Passion has some very unique design features and has been trouble free. Anyone still use YBA integrateds or seperates? Is YBA still a viable company in the EU or elsewhere?
mcondo
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bobrock
84 posts
 
Epiqview Inc. is now the distributor in North America. I just purchased the new YBA a100 heritage integrated and its great!
hifijones
115 posts
 
They are still being distibuted in the US by Audio Plus Services in Champlain, NY; I work for a dealer in SW Florida but we haven't ordered any YBA stuff in awhile, which is a shame because the stuff is awesome. 2-channel is kinda dead in our neck-of-the-woods unfortunately. So tragic!
gsm18439
895 posts
 
YBAs second line, Audio Refinement, was made in China. The units were very well-made, functioned well, and had very good sound.
mcondo OP
199 posts
 
Thanks for the info.
bisicul2009
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Not necessarily; I believe and this is the opinion in France that you need to wait to see exactly what comes out of it.
It seems it is a very high class chinese outfit.
chatta
314 posts
 
Bought by chinese?
It means that their quality will suffer from that right?
bisicul2009
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They have been bought by their Chinese sub.
Nobody knows exactly what will happen now.
Bisicul
notec
407 posts
 
YBA Initial owner here. They're still around! I want a pair of their YBA Glass Interconnect's.
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