This is the list of the best makers of audio equipment. Respond if you disagree

Receiver: Sansui, or Marantz, or maybe Yamaha
Turntable/RP: Bang and Olufsen or Technics
Cassette deck: Nakamichi. No one comes close.

leemurray200704-23-2021 8:41pm

lewm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 12,553 posts 05-09-2021 at 03:31am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete To effer's list, I would add:Saul MarantzHenry KlossAvery FisherEdward VilchurPeter WalkerJon DahlquistRichard SequerraJohn CurlBruce MooreConrad and Johnson Arnold Nudell....and this only gets us up to about 1980, and I've undoubtedly left out some great designers, thinkers, and all around eccentrics that have made this hobby a labor of love.
lewm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 12,553 posts 04-27-2021 at 02:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Bose? Really?
lewm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 12,553 posts 04-25-2021 at 01:41am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The all time great audio "brands" are either now non-existent or the brand names have been bought, and off-shore companys are selling their gear under a false flag, false in the sense that a Marantz is no kin to "Marantz" of historical importance. McIntosh may be one exception, and I am sure there are a very few others, like maybe KEF and Technics. Was that your point in starting this pointless thread?
lewm Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 12,553 posts 04-24-2021 at 02:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete No Fisher or Sherwood?