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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
jmbumgarner01
64 posts
 
A second on advent, shure and nakamichi but without a doubt Jim Thiel’s speakers
jmbumgarner01
64 posts
 
Also still run a California audio labs disc spinner so second that too
mrfunstuff
4 posts
 
ADS as well
i wish I kept the L570’s I had when I was in college. GAS   I inherited my dads Son of Ampzilla. That thing was amazing!
whipsaw
758 posts
 
Apt-Holman (great pre-amp)

Green Mountain Audio (terrific speakers; RIP Roy)
ediver
29 posts
 
Accoustat
Apogee - really miss the entire line: I owned the Centaur Majors
B&K - loved the amps and the price point/value for dollar
Boston Acoustics -when Andy Petit was around
Carver Corporation (and Phase Linear); later, Sunfire
Crown
Hafler
Heathkit (!) 
Nakamichi -loved their tape decks; turntable Dragon was out of reach at the time.
Philips (turntables)
Shure Cartridges - I have V15 type IV, Type V, type III, and even an old M97e, all with orifginal styli ( i bought some replacements from Shure, and they had the best customer service ever when I lived in Evanston)
Tandberg (!) - great looks, fantastic performance, and I could never afford them...:-(
Thiel
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