Manufacturers past their heyday


There are many companies that we all recall from years gone by that are gone. There are some companies that while still around, seem be be past their glory days. For instant, while Conrad Johnson is still around, they just don’t seem to be nearly as relevant as they used to be. Of course, my thought on CJ are purely subjective. And yet other companies seem to be as relevant today as they were 20 of more years ago. VPI perhaps? Definitely McIntosh. 

Who are the other former high flyers that seem to be operating on an altogether different level these days? 
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Sorry for the typo “I bought Nagra”. Also would like to add tube preamp solid-state amplification now. I leave my present system on 3 to 4 days at a time and it is going on two years old and still dead quiet with the original tubes.
I’m curious about all this discussion about CJ I owned classic 120 SE power amp and the ET7 SE although I Loved the sound very much when it was quiet I ran into nothing but noise and burning through tubes in six months try to work it out with CJ with no avail talk to Kevin at upscale Audio tried various tubes with him still the same sold it but Nagra never looked back!