AUDIO 'TWINS'

A while back, Bryston made amps and processors for Lexicon. They were identical, just rebadged. The Lexicon stuff wasn't/isn't coveted under the Bryston 20 year transferrable warranty though.

Nelson Pass designed stuff for Adcom (and I think a few more that he wasn't a full time employee of). Most notably the Adcom GFA 5802 amp and GFP 750 preamp.

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You get the point

09-10-10: Chadnliz
Esoteric/Teac no?

Actually it's Teac/Esoteric. Teac being the parent company.

thank you all for your comments

Klipsch bought API in '06 - Energy, Mirage and Athena
Klipsch sold Aragon/Acurus to Indy Audio in '09 after less than a decade since aquiring Mondial.

Lenbrook owns PSB and NAD

Paradigm (which I thought was part of API)/Anthem

Luxman regained it's freedom from Alpine.

VTL is run by Luke Manley (son) and Bea. Manley Labs went to EveAnna after David's retirement.

Computer brands are intertwined too.

Esoteric/Teac no?

I would add Oppo/Lexicon and Goldmund/Pioneer to that list.

Also, Harmon International Industries (a publicly listed company on the NYSE) owns Harmon Kardon, AKG, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon, Mark Levinson, Revel, Crown, Soundcraft, DigiTech, dbx, BSS, Studer, and Proceed (defunct).

D&M Holdings own the following audio brands: McIntosh, Denon, Marantz, Snell Acoustics, Boston Acoustics, Escient, Denon DJ, Calrec, Allen & Heath, D&M Professional, D&M PSS.

Equity International owns B&W loudspeakers, Classe Audio, Rotel Electronics, and I-Command.

Quadrivio SGR owns Sonus Faber and Audio Research.

These are just a few that come to mind. Clearly there would be a lot of shared audio technology, if not shared parts and/or similar products under different brand names. Also, many companies probably do private label contract work to fill their excess capacity, by churning out many audio products under someone else's brand name. Not to mention, many products these days are probably all sourced from China. The source company in China may even make CD players, for example, for many different U.S. audio companies under their brand names.

Philips / Marantz

Proceed / Mark Levinson

AIWA (RIP) / Sony