Company loyalty- What has been your favorite?


Thinking about the many different companies, brands and
manufacturers.

High end- Krell, Bryston, Ayre, etc
Popular- Pioneer Elite, Sony, Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo, etc
Smaller-(purists) Butler Audio, Odyssey, Red Wine, etc
Good reputation- Marantz, Sunfire, Arcam, McIntosh

Do you have a brand that you are loyal to? If so, please state why you are? Sound? Quality? Service? etc
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Quad Sound/Service
Tannoy Sound/Service
Yamaha Service/Sound
SME Service/engineering
Denon Reliability
Thorens Sound/Engineering/Reliability
Sony (some products only) Engineering & sound on a hand full of ES cd players. Love the old RR machines
Technics/Teac/Tanberg Outstanding engineering and reliability on all of their Hi end products.
Two companies come to my mind when I consider quality/sound, price and service. Grado - A little "Mom and Pop" as far as letting you know when you will get something back but they go the extra mile. Channel Island- I had read many positive comments about the company's founder Duster V. and my interactions with him and the company only reinforced those comments.
Butler, Manley - Not often you can converse directly with the designer/cheif engineer

Oppo - Excellent customer service and bang-for-the-buck products.

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