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

I vote for Fisher-Price.  Great sound and virtually kid proof.

I disagree. How do you know? Did you compare "every" level of every brand before picking your "list of the best makers of audio equipment?"  How much money and time did it take to come to your conclusions? I'd say it would take a walloping lot of both for you to have any authority on the subject. And even if you were correct (which you aren't) it's just your opinion, what sounds good to your brain. More truthfully you should say "in my opinion this is the list of blah, blah, blah..." There'll always be someone to disagree! That's what you asked for, right? To hear from those of us who disagree?

Reread the past 20+ years of Absolute Sound & Stereophile, then spend time in well-established audio salons with people who have the "ears" experience and are not FOS.

Well in this category of legacy recievers I think the best was HH Scott.  Harmon Kardon Citation tube amps for the Wow!

Good list. No one comes close to  Nakamichi for tape decks now a days. Some of us still love our old bootlegs and Nakamichi decks may be the best we have. I don't know anything about B&O spinners but techhnics is obviously top of the food chain. The receivers you listed are quality. Not quite MR-78 but respectable in any discussion. Don't let the naysayers put you off. Stand the test of time equipment. You should feel proud to own them if you do.