an equipment poll

I agree with Stevecham also but I'm bored right now so what the hell.
As stated my list will only contain manufacturers whose equipment I have owned. It must also be stated that I am a bit of a cheapskate so the perceived value is also figured into my rating. That may not be the OP's intention but it is impossible for me to remove that factor from my opinion.
Acoustic Energy - 7
Analysis Plus - 5
Anthem - 5
Arcam - 8
Audioquest - 9
Bel Canto - 9
Denon - 6
Eminent Technology - 3
James Loudspeakers - 8
Linn - 9
Marantz - 5
Meadowlark Audio - 9
Mirage - 5
Musical Fidelity - 4
Portal Audio - 9
Quad - 8
Paradigm - 4
PSB - 6
Resolution Audio - 10
Revel - 10
Roksan - 3
Silverline Audio - 8
Sony - 7
Totem - 8
Thiel - 8
Vandersteen - 9
OK, now I'm bored with this exercise as well. Think I'll put on some music.

a few additions:

Quad - 9
Sony - 5
James Audio - 7
Pro-ject - 7
Marantz - 5
Musical Fidelity - 5
Linn - 10
Revel - 8

I'm bored too...

Vandersteen 9
Totem 8
Paradigm 5
Classe 8
NAD 7
Logitech 6
Sima 6
Rotel 6
Theta 8
Advent 7
Yamaha 5
Dual 6

(PS: why do some posters prior to me list ratings with a (-) in front of ALL the theoretically positive rating?)

It was intended as a hyphen, Elizabeth, not as a minus, and I think we were all just trying to be consistent with the first responder's format. But you are right -- it was potentially misleading and we should not have done it that way.

Regards,
-- Al