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Sadly missed manufacturers

I've been an audio and music enthusiast since the 1970's. We've all seen a fair number of companies come and go. Some burned brightly for a while, some not at all, and some companies are still present but only in name as they otherwise bear no resemblance to their ancestors.

Are there any companies you are sad to have seen disappear?

l can name a few former luminaries that are now gone- Counterpoint, Apogee. Both offered very good products, but unfortunately neither offered bullet proof reliability. I am of mixed feelings of the various Carver companies. I think Carver, the man, is capable of producing some genuinely first rate products but I viewed much of the marketing as smoke and mirrors which to me detracts from a manufacturer's credibility.
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viggen900
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Denon - in car audio land... Their stuff was awesome!
Eclipse - again in car audio
Adcom - yea broken record..... Car audio amps were awesome

Infinity - bring back their 90's vintage quality and speakers.... The name is still around but their quality sure isn't :(

Saab - oooo yea.... We are talking audio stuff not cars :)
matjet
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Advent loudspeakers, KLS, Acoustic research (AR), all here companies were created by Henry Kloss. The 'real' Mark Levinson (before bought out by Harmon Kardon), SAE, EAD, Audiolab (tuners), Nakamichi (high end reel to reel tape decks), to name a few.
bar81
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Wadia. The zombie shambling about using that name these days makes the loss even more painful.
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mapman
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Nakamichi, for car audio in particular but their home offerings in their prime are missed as well.
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dtc
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Matjet - I presume you mean KLH. I was going to add them along with Advent and AR also. KLH - Henry Kloss, Malcolm S. Low, and Josef Anton Hofmann. Kloss also founded Cambridge Soundworks and Tivoli audio, both successes in limited markets. At Cambridge Soundworks Kloss sold the Model Six which was his follow-on the to famous KLH Model Six.
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