Phaze bought PPI ... then, they damn near killed it by creating bogus
receivables so the bank would keep lending them money to buy more
product, which they then tried to sell off to pay the bank, but never
getting ahead in the process. Whole thing was the end result of a very
ambitious plan to grow the business aggressively which was why they also
brought in the off-shore PPI amp line, and the C1/C2 subs and matching
speaker lines. It all came crashing down around 1999? Something like
that... we looked at the time but didn't make an offer, and ADST ended
up absorbing them.

JD

sancho wrote:

iirc

'phaze' audio made and/or marketed tube amps (somehow affiliated with
butler) and metal coned speakers before and after the ppi acquisition...

i found a page to confirm while i was composing this:
http://www.butleraudio.com/bk.html

i believe they are what captain howdy referred to when he said, "Here is
another inferesting fact that many people are unaware of, PPI used to
sell gear under the Phaze Audio name."
--
sancho
inferesting indeed


"AZSPL" wrote in message
...


In late 1997 or early 1998 - Ted Guenther and his sister, who owned PPI


sold


the company to Phase Audio. PPI came under the direction of Phase Audio


and


was shortly broke. From there it was sold to Orion/Ads and then on to


Directed


Electronics.

In its original state - PPI had good products and an excellent reputation.
Directed is huge and has the ability to revive PPI given time.

Alma Gates
www.teamgates.org