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Top Audiophile companies over the last 60, or so, years..your choices?

There are, thankfully, several great ones.  My first thoughts include:

Audio Research
Magnepan
Conrad Johnson
Vandersteen

And you can add others.  Some more "mainstream" companies that have added much:

Sony
Pioneer 

I am sure others will have much to add.  And these are a person's opinion, 
no wrong answers or posts to put down please. 


whatjd
erik_squires
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Sadly most of mine are not around.

  • Snell
  • Conrad Johnson - Including Motif.
  • Sumo
  • Tandberg
  • Ayre
  • Luxman
  • Martin Logan
  • D’Agostino
  • Arcam
  • Anthem
  • Sonic Frontiers

whatjd OP
1,139 posts
 
Thanks Erik, all good additions.  I have been lucky enough to own 7 of the brands you mention.

One that I and two friends dearly loved was Dahlquist. 

J
larryrs
132 posts
 
Some others that have had a huge impact on audio.

Acoustic Research
Advent
Bose (for better or worse)
Dynaco
Shure
Quad
Mcintosh
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Todays thread.I love ARC D'Agostino,DARTZELL,CH and AUDIAFLIGHT.
whatjd OP
1,139 posts
 
Yes, Advent and the remarkable Mr. Kloss.  I watched an old video tape format of Blazing Saddles on the first prototype of the VideoBeam in the Drake Hotel an evening of CES. 
The early days of "hi-fi" had some......ahh, unusual personalities at the helm. 


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