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http://www.hellomusic.com/ec/Home.aspx Surprised to see a Boogie being discounted at Hello Music. Thought Boogie didn't do that.

Google is your friend. Please, Vinhoff, post something with a source, rather than something you heard. From the Unofficial Earth Sound Research site: The following is an E-mail I received from Andy Fuchs He said I could post it here so ..... "I worked for them for about a year. They were an interesting company. There's a website at www.plushamps.com or is it www.plush-amps.com (I forget which), which covers their sister company. I believe that Plush became Earth after they moved to California and I think Earth bought the remains of what was left in the NYC factories. I worked for one of a number of subcontractors who actually built the Earth gear for them. They never actually had their own factory (that I'm aware of) , but rather ended up making their stuff at various subcontractors. They used a few around the NY/Long Island area, and mostly copied Fenders (for the Plush and later Earth stuff that looked like it), or Peaveys. We actually used Peavey schematics in the shop for service ! The biggest problem was, they copied Peavey, but used inferior output transistors. Sad part was, that everything else was equal (or in some cases better) than the Peavey counterparts, but the outputs failing hurt them as many amps came back for service or repairs. They used a high-grade military subcontractor (Qualtrol Electronics in Deer Park), who built vending machines, and military aircraft electronics. The metalwork and circuit boards were copied from Peavey, and duplicated very accurately. Peavey was planning to sue them (they actually flew one of our technicians to Mississippi to interview him about the whole process), but the end result was Peavey's attorneys advised him to change the models to new designs, as it would be cheaper than suing Earth.