You own a store, you sell 2 brands, which?


Thought experiment:

You run a store which sells used and new gear from any point in history.  The catch is you can have exactly 2 brands.  One of electronics one of speakers. 

Defunct brands are OK as are those current with long histories. 

What brands are they? 
erik_squires

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In a private e-mail some one asked me to keep up the positive vibe and now I'm angry. 

:-)
OK, I forgot a few things.  I am going to redo my 2 brands.

CAT electronics, and everything from Vandersteen, including their amps.

I would go broke, but that's what I'd want to sell. :)
Too bad the OP didn’t specify a timeframe.


I did! I said from any point in history. :)
Seems like about 20% of the posters only read the headline but not the OP.

The catch is you can have exactly 2 brands. One of electronics one of speakers.

One brand - Yamaha.


That's a really interesting choice, especially if I can sell the pro line too. :)

Oh, those vintage pro amps! :)
For me, for fun:

Snell and Tandberg

Excellent styling and performance, and I did hear them both together, but I am very curious about Snell with Luxman to be honest but I never heard that combination.  With so many tube amps in their history so I think I’d absolutely adore trying out vintage 35W/Ch tube amps as well as the big SS beasts of today.
to return the point, the OP is fundamentally flawed. It is a poser that is meaningless and has no relation to the working functional world of such endeavors.

We'll put you on the island with like minded people with souls who have long ago lost their ability to use fantasy and imagination as a way of talking about things they are passionate about. 
Hi @noske


I'm afraid that Wikipedia's definition goes with my own.  To be electronics it must have a power source that is not the input signal.


However, arguing that is not the point of the thread.



Best,

Erik
Can someone explain to me why speakers are not electronic?


@noske

Make Wikipedia your friend:

 [Electronics use] active devices to control electron flow by amplification and rectification, which distinguishes it from classical electrical engineering which uses passive effects such as resistance, capacitance and inductance to control current flow.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics

So  unless you have powered speakers, they are not electronic. :)

PASS LABS and MAGNEPAN

Both expensive,



I always felt Magnepan was quite reasonable, all things considered.
You have no business opening a store with only two brands… new twist on the desert island question.

The real point of this thread is to find out who would be interesting to hang out with for no reason at all and who is going to rain on all the interesting discussions. :-)
Vandersteen and Quicksilver ;


Well, the Vandersteen amps are among my favorites in the category of no such thing as too expensive.
Pretty easy decision here. I'd be in on Sonos before they went public and Beats before selling to Apple for $3B.


Well, this is about a retail store, not stock trading. :)