I'm not privy to all of the information but from what I understand there was an internal company issue over what markets they wanted to focus on. A large portion of their production was small drivers for laptops, LCD TV's, etc. so I think they decided to discontinue mostof the larger drivers (though Legacy Audio still uses Aura 12" woofers in a few designs). The good thing is that they have excellent longevity - I have had zero failures!