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

Even though, back in the 80s, except for Nak. none of these brands would make my Best of list, a good many young audio enthusiasts found all of the brands listed by leemurray2007, to be an affordable solution for enjoyable listening. 
I have to agree about the Nak, cassette players. After having trouble with my Tandberg deck, eating tapes, my dealer set me up with a Nakamichi ZX9. It served me flawlessly for ten years and on metal tapes, made incredible recordings. After being boxed and put into storage for nearly 20 years, I got it out, had it cleaned and serviced for sale and it performed with no issues. After recently finding my old collection of tapes that I thought had been lost in a move, I'm kind of wishing I had it back.
Jim

This is too funny. I had one of these back in the day. When it finally stopped working there were no parts available to repair it. Oh well. It was a nice looking unit though.

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In the 1980's I bought a Nakamachi cassette deck because I wanted the best available. It sounded magnificent when it was new, but it wore out in only one year and cost more to repair every year that to replace it, something I was not willing to do. I expect components to last and easy to repair and maintain.

leemurray2007, I suggest that you should rename your thread: self demonstration of the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Not agreeing to agree, I don’t disagree to disagree.

Just a few random questions for you:

have you ever heard of

Nelson Pass,
Dan D’Agostino,
Michel Reverchon,
Marcel Riendeau,
David Reich,
Jim Winey,
Jason Bloom,
 
the list could go on and go on.

Let me guess, you might answer:

no,
no,
no,
no, 
no,
no,
no.