Best High End Audio Manufacturer???


Wow, what a loaded question!! Nevertheless... which company has earned the right to be called number one, king-of-the-hill, top dog, etc. Is this even a fair question? Probably not. Is this your chance to make your objective/subjective voice heard? Yes indeed. So if you had to boil it down to ONE HIGH END COMPANY that more than any other represents the paramount position, THE EPITOME OF THIS HOBBY, this is your time to cast your vote.
brauser
Gotta be Bose, right?!

;-)

There is no one best, IMHO, so I won't bother giving you just one name.

But, if you were to ask who are my top tier manufacturers, I would say, in no particular order:

ASR
Audio Research
Avalon Acoustics
Ayre
Basis
Brinkmann
EgglestonWorks
Lamm (If you put a gun to my head, this would be "the One".)
Rockport
VAC
VTL

Fyi: Most of the names on this list are ones either I or my friends have owned.
Plasmatech...just like the auto ratings, throw everything you value in the equation to come up with your pick. Envelope please!!
Too vague of a question......
-best sonically
-best customer service
-best in terms of reliability
-best in cost to sonic benefit ratio
-best looking
-best measurements

we need some criteria to determine a "best"