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

You forgot anything Bose!

Receiver:  Pioneer SX-1250
Turntable:  Denon DP-59L

P 05129:  Cassette tape was doomed when it started: not enough tape to record on, heat if using in a car, and the 1.7 ips speed. I have had reel to reel decks and 3 3/4 speeds sounded terrible too, 7.5 ips was listenable but the magic occurred at 15ips.

I thought the cassette format was fine for my purposes - extreme portability. I had a Nakamichi RX202 auto-reversing deck and an LX7 one-way deck after my original 1000 eventually failed. I used the RX202 to record a weekly 2-hour FM radio program with cool music that broadcast after I went to bed.  I used TDK 120 minute premium ferric tape  - they worked fine despite warnings. From those tapes I selected my favorites, bought their CD's and made mixes on my pro-level CDR/RW recorder and played on my home system with the aid of an early, inexpensive MSB upsampling DAC and for playing in my car.  I gave away the RX202 when I moved to an area that had no decent FM but still make CD mixes on the pro-recorder.  I can ill-afford today's reel-to-reel decks let alone deal with the unwieldy process of playing different music.

Bang and Olufsen is a lifestyle brand, not a hi-fi gear maker. I heard their $90,000.00 Beolab 90s one day which proved a massive let down.
Also, their Beolab 18s. Two 4" Scanspeak mid bass drivers and a dome tweeter in a fancy, polished aluminum tube with a wooden "acoustic lens" + wireless tech for 12 grand USD. lol
B&O prefers branded retail stores because it's best if their sound gear is not subjected to A/B comparisons with competitors' offerings.

On the other hand, I had a Technics SL1800 Mk II which was a very nice machine. I purchased it in 1980 and finally I sold it in 2016. I don't do vinyl anymore, but if I did I would probably have hung onto it for the rest of my life.