For auld lang syne, ..high-end companies you really liked that are gone....


’tis that time of year. Another year nearly gone and a new one full of land mines ahead...etc. I thought I would ask, what companies are now gone that were a part of you audio history? Mine would be:

Thiel,
Nakamichi (when they were doing some high end stuff, N. Pass)
Sony....same thing, when they were doing some high end, esp. early CD players
Classe """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
California Audio Labs
Straightwire
Advent
Dahlquist

And please add to this list. Now some of these I mentioned do exist, but are not now really two-channel/stereo "high-end"

Have a good and safe New Year holiday.


whatjd

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Fisher, Sherwood, Scott and Kenwood. These were the first "High End" receivers I saw upon entering Allied Radio store on South Western Ave in Chicago (around 1967). Kenwood is the only one still in business and it looks like they've stopped making Home Audio.
Kyocera - Made good audio products in the 90s but pulled an "Oppo" and focused on business products.
Cain&Cain. Met Terry at a 'Vegas T.H.E. show. He told me he was a furniture builder before getting into audio. BEAUTIFUL cabinets on his Single-horn BEN speakers. Sound was colored as hell (IMO) but colored the way I like it. Regret not buying a pair. RIP Terry.