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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8832256" data-attributes="member: 614752">Sort of.&nbsp; Because they share the same brand name and issue with inflated &quot;max power&quot; numbers on them.&nbsp; Pretty sure Stephen isn&#039;t as emotionally invested in 20 year old amps (or American manufacture) as you are and he&#039;d get over it.&nbsp; He isn&#039;t even trying to sell electronics anymore but only sells designs to other companies (who have them manufactured in the Far East).It&#039;s marketing.&nbsp; Same as everybody else in the industry.&nbsp;&nbsp; I had never heard of Bewith and Google search is extremely sparse with results whatsoever.&nbsp;&nbsp; Seems to me they currently make (in house) a 70X1 and a 100X1 amplifiers which sell for 10$ per watt or greater.&nbsp; They also sell a couple multichannels with built in DSP which are suspiciously similar to the same DSP amp sold by Audison, Hertz, and a couple other premium brands, I cannot find a picture including &quot;made in Japan&quot; on any of their current offerings apart from the tiny mono amps.&nbsp; I think I had seen the name Phass before but the link you provided says &quot;not in production&quot;, though those were made in Japan.&nbsp; &nbsp; Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was a boy band as far as I&#039;m concerned and most of the electronics I was buying that was US made was from California.&nbsp; It&#039;s a big state, they have close access to ports, and there was just a good concentration of that industry that sprung up there.&nbsp; Anyway, I&#039;m sure OP will be happy to finally learn that if you can find value in paying 11$ a watt you can indeed own Japanese made amps and I&#039;m sure there&#039;s a handful of other boutique brands who offer similar products with prestigious back stories and price tags to match.&nbsp; &nbsp; Now if you can HEAR the difference between any of these and any of the mass marketed stuff coming out of China you can collect Mr. Clark&#039;s 10 grand and recoup some of the cost of owning those exclusive amplifiers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8832256, member: 614752"] Sort of. Because they share the same brand name and issue with inflated "max power" numbers on them. Pretty sure Stephen isn't as emotionally invested in 20 year old amps (or American manufacture) as you are and he'd get over it. He isn't even trying to sell electronics anymore but only sells designs to other companies (who have them manufactured in the Far East). It's marketing. Same as everybody else in the industry. I had never heard of Bewith and Google search is extremely sparse with results whatsoever. Seems to me they currently make (in house) a 70X1 and a 100X1 amplifiers which sell for 10$ per watt or greater. They also sell a couple multichannels with built in DSP which are suspiciously similar to the same DSP amp sold by Audison, Hertz, and a couple other premium brands, I cannot find a picture including "made in Japan" on any of their current offerings apart from the tiny mono amps. I think I had seen the name Phass before but the link you provided says "not in production", though those were made in Japan. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was a boy band as far as I'm concerned and most of the electronics I was buying that was US made was from California. It's a big state, they have close access to ports, and there was just a good concentration of that industry that sprung up there. Anyway, I'm sure OP will be happy to finally learn that if you can find value in paying 11$ a watt you can indeed own Japanese made amps and I'm sure there's a handful of other boutique brands who offer similar products with prestigious back stories and price tags to match. Now if you can HEAR the difference between any of these and any of the mass marketed stuff coming out of China you can collect Mr. Clark's 10 grand and recoup some of the cost of owning those exclusive amplifiers. [/QUOTE]

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