Audiophile sound quality from a more "mainstream" company?


I have owned some of the wellknown high-end  companies 

units. 

 

What I am wondering is have you had some success/good sound from some more mainstream, less high-end companies.?

jusam

Sony ES; Pioneer Elite; Technics (now, not the stuff they was making in the 1980's -- SL-1200 Series Turntables were the only exception).

--Charles--

I’ve had a Cambridge Audio Evo 150 for about a year now. .  My assessment is  it is very competitive and  in the same league in all regards. 

Are the following mainstream?

Rotel
NAD
B&W
Martin Logan
Klipsch
Dynaudio
Cambidge Audio

Some of them have over 100 million a year revenue

Rotel. My very first decent stereo some 20 years ago was from Rotel. I still remember it very fondly. It essentially made me appreciate and enjoy the hobby. It was a trio of RB-1080, RC-1070, and RCD-1072.

 

I have also gotten other Rotels over the subsequent years