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
Audire.  I have never heard any system better than Julius monoblock towers, Diffet 5 pre-amp,  and speakers of his own design. I still use a Diffet 3, a POCO head amp, and a pair of Forte's.to push my B&W's and subs.
Amazing how many now defunct speaker brands I've owned. RTR (no big loss)  Advent ( in my first dorm room system)  IMF ( 3 different pairs of towers gradually getting bigger)  Sadly missed,  graduated to Bowers & Wilkins.
NUJonathan
A second on advent, shure and nakamichi but without a doubt Jim Thiel’s speakers