<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Had a look at their site and they now advertise that they do reliability testing, can imagine that is indeed a good business model.</div><div dir="auto">But they were a bit of an ailing fab as I recall, until Girts Ozolins started promoting them (and managed to pursuade them to make something more interesting than a 3046 clone), and going from 1 or 2 products (synth related) to what they are doing now does not sound like a side hustle.</div><div dir="auto">But for sure not high end/ high volume. At the time they had pictures of their offices on the site, like stepping back in the 80's :-)</div><div dir="auto">It also seems that they are now participating in EU initiatives, so definitely found a future proof path.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#909090" dir="auto">Sent from my Galaxy</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Mike Bryant <mbryant@futurehorizons.com> </div><div>Date: 04/09/2026 20:55 (GMT+01:00) </div><div>To: Sawtooth Glitch <sawtoothglitch@outlook.com>, Quincas Moreira <quincas@gmail.com> </div><div>Cc: SDIY List <synth-diy@synth-diy.org> </div><div>Subject: Re: [sdiy] CoolAudio? </div><div><br></div></div>
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As far as I can work out, the Alfa process is 2 micron BiFETs on 3" wafers. So probably not suitable for the devices THAT are obsoleting, but they may be able to produce something compatible. However their fab is kept going by space work, and the audio chips
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<b>From:</b> Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org> on behalf of Quincas Moreira via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">On Fri 4 Sep 2026 at 11:30 a.m. Sawtooth Glitch via Synth-diy <<a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAe184d6c7-052c-047a-93a4-e488af6b2a27" href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Cabintechglobal.com has stock for several Coolaudio products.</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b> Synth-diy <<a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWA889f5fb2-aa96-f9f7-beac-3369632f2209" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org">synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>H.Sergio Alves via Synth-diy<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 4, 2026 7:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Neil Johnson <<a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAaf8b77e2-3728-f4ac-ce9b-ef89558f7589" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" href="mailto:neil.johnson71@gmail.com">neil.johnson71@gmail.com</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] CoolAudio?</span></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Cool audio is part of music tribe and they populate most of Behringer crap.. doubt they will shut up shop but most likely won’t be selling to small timers like us</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">On Fri, 4 Sep 2026 at 15:05, Neil Johnson via Synth-diy <<a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAbadd884f-c2ef-7310-a2bc-1e7096b06da1" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>>
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<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Has anyone checked the CoolAudio website recently?</p>
<p style="margin-top: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em;">Have they shut up shop as well?</p>
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