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


Receiver: Sansui, or Marantz, or maybe Yamaha
Turntable/RP: Bang and Olufsen or Technics
Cassette deck: Nakamichi. No one comes close.

leemurray2007
yes for the categories you picked.  silent about amps, pre's and speakers...  
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.