Since Dennis Had left Cary has the company built any new tube equipment?


I always thought of Cary audio as an excellent builder of tube based gear. But looking at the website nothing seems new on that end. Looks like they are concentrating more on digital. Is everything still produced in the USA or is the digital product built overseas? Always thought Had's tube gear was among the best.
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I have a Had "Inspire Fire Bottle SEP HO (!)" that I rave about all the time, and it seems hand made (according to Had's signature on the bottom of the amp it just had its first birthday)…it's adorable. Go HO.
Cary took a hit a few years ago when they went into HT. The processor got excellent reviews for SQ but was very unreliable. Lots of complaints and angry customers. The newer products look interesting but it seems Cary has moved away from it's initial vision when Dennis left.
Cary lost all of it's soul when Dennis left.  Now it's just another company slinging "me too" products IMO.  It's really sad, but the current trend it seems.
I don't know if Dennis has publicly stated it but it seems he's happy to make his own products w/out going through company politics and bean counters. I really have not seen any exciting new products from Cary since he left.

Dennis does seem happy…his current business model, other than the well regarded Dragon Inspire headphone amps he makes for Moon Audio, is interesting. He makes what he feels like making for his fans (who seem to be able to get Had to make preamps and other models that don't make it to Ebay), he cranks out his Inspire SEP stuff seemingly randomly and sticks 'em on Ebay with no stats, ratings, warranty procedures, or descriptions other than what's contained in his classic enthusiastic (and sometimes misspelled) product promotional rants accompanying his listings. All the Ebay stuff he lists seems to last one or two days as it's clearly somewhat underpriced for what it is. Refreshing.