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For auld lang syne, ..high-end companies you really liked that are gone....

’tis that time of year. Another year nearly gone and a new one full of land mines ahead...etc. I thought I would ask, what companies are now gone that were a part of you audio history? Mine would be:

Thiel,
Nakamichi (when they were doing some high end stuff, N. Pass)
Sony....same thing, when they were doing some high end, esp. early CD players
Classe """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
California Audio Labs
Straightwire
Advent
Dahlquist

And please add to this list. Now some of these I mentioned do exist, but are not now really two-channel/stereo "high-end"

Have a good and safe New Year holiday.


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SAE (Scientific Audio Electronics).
I sold that brand when working at Pacific Stereo, here in California.  It was the coolest looking product in the industry, at the time. 
We also sold a ton of Phase Linear.  A lot of bang for the buck with Phase Linear.
The best sounding speakers we sold were AR, Advent, and Braun.  We brought in Mission speakers before I moved on from Pacific.  These are all brands no longer in business (I believe that Braun is in business, but no in hi-fi). 
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@adweller  I don't recall Allison speakers at Pacific Stereo.  However, I know they were really great speakers.  That dome midrange driver was excellent.  We also sold a ton of Infinity but they are still alive so I didn't mention them above.  The proprietary "house brand" was Quadraflex.  For the money, they actually sounded pretty good.  My favorite were the AR speakers.  Really nice tweeter.
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