sdurani, In the article you posted the link to, I noticed this comment: "Other manufacturers used conventional ceiling speakers, which to me sounded better because they don't need the extra processing."

S.Sharkey, Outlaw were not duped.
Ritz2, Outlaw management was neither naïve nor stupid.
There is no way to predict that a CEM (Contract Electronics Manufacturer) will be told, without warning, by a large customer that the CEM must tell a smaller customer (Outlaw) to pack up and leave. VERY unethical on the part of the large customer, of course. It's a risk, but in my years of manufacturing in China, I've never seen it happen, or even heard of it until this Outlaw misfortune.