The Forgotten


Every time I come across a gem in this hobby I inevitably come to the conclusion that there must be a ton of wonderful gear out there that has either slipped through the cracks or been forgotten. I decided to start a thread hoping some of you would spill the beans.  

I’ll start, but I don’t have a tone of experience. Totem, I believe to be very underrated.  I find they truly have a magic to them.  I’d throw out Harbeth but they surely aren’t forgotten.  Audio Mirror is one I’m pretty fascinated with based on my Tubadour  I recently acquired a Lab12 Integre4 that I think is better than anything I’ve had.  For example McIntosh, Bryston, Audio Research, Primaluna and a bunch of mid-fi.  Anyways, I think my experience is lacking but that’s what I’ve got.  
 

 

 

 

brylandgoodman

Fulton Musical Industries (FMI) Model J loudspeaker.

Music Reference RM-9, RM-10, and RM-200 vacuum tube amplifiers, all in Mk. 2 iterations. Designer/tube expert Roger Modjeski's death a few years back was a major loss to hi-fi.

TDL, IMF, Music Reference, Ariston, Logic, Heybrook, AR, Glanz, Empire, Counterpoint, Robertson, Zeta, Helius, Mantra, Air Tangent, Cotter, Crystal, Genesis, Aragon, ...long list.

Aurum Cantus - Although more known for their raw drivers, their speakers are a big bang for the buck and are very much under the radar. 

Good thread here.  I’ll add:

Dolan PM1 preamp

Denessen JC80 preamp

Hegeman Hapi-2 preamp

Nova CPA-100a preamp

Technics SU-9070 preamp

Superphon Revelation Basic DM preamp

Music Reference RM5/MKII preamp

Audible Illusions Uranus 2 preamp

Motif MC7, MC8 preamps, MS50, MS100 amps

VSP Labs TransMos 150 amp

Sonographe electronics & turntable

Rauna speakers

Chateau Research speakers

Paisley Research Speakers

Onix OA21/OA-21s/OA-20.2 integrated amps

Tandberg 3012 integrated

Musical Fidelity B1 integrated

Creek 4330 integrated