Manufacturers past their heyday

Nakamichi really stands out.

Many died because of his cockiness towards younger generations of music lovers. 
They called us: “The lost generation.”  

We say: “They lost generations!”

And some former relevant people of the audiophile establishment still call us like this. There are some examples on YouTube. They lived in bubble of same wired older white men and totally ignored two to three decades of people who love music and good sound. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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!

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.

Wow, you youngsters do not know much audio history. There is only one company that I can think of that is around today that is not near what it used to be in terms of the product it makes.
Saul Marantz started a company in 1952 with a preamp he built in his kitchen, The Consolette. By 1965 his company was the undisputed maker of the finest audio gear in the world. It was also the most expensive and the best looking. He created the formula that dozens of audio entrepreneurs would use in the future to jump start companies over and over again, Mark Levinson, Dan D'Agustino, Nelson Pass, etc. The beginning of the end was in 1964 when Saul sold out to Sony Superscope. By the mid 70's Marantz was reduced to making high profit cheaply made mass market receivers. Their best equipment had been overtaken by newer marks and no more would you see Marantz the cornerstone of high end audio stores.