Early rumors were that AMPOWER bought them out. Those rumors thus far have proven to be untrue.
I was told that te owner was in bad car accident and is recovering and his head amp builder was swampped so they refunded any non-started amp orders and went on hiatus for a little while.
They kind of did it in a crappy way but that is what I was told happened by some one who claims to be in the "know".
If the tip and center conductor of the stereo jack are used for contacts any remote will work and lets not kid ourselves, a remote is just an external switch like the one in the front of the amp with perhaps an led for a power indicator.makes sence because you still can not get on the site. the refund thing happened to me. I ordered some cable and a remote for my 440 and they refunded. also will a dave made remote work with the worldwide?