Do you own gear from defunct brands?


I bought my first stereo setup in 1977, though before that I had a stereo that was cobbled together from bits that I could cobble together.. Over the years I’ve purchased new equipment from companies that eventually went under. Do you have or had gear in your system from companies that went under? 
 

Right now I have a streaming transport from Auralic, which went out of business in September 2025. I owned a CAL cd player and that company went under while I owned that cd player. There’s been others too- 

 

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That is an interesting question.

I can’t think of any. I have a Marantz integrated amp from 1972. While I have had a few components that were from companies that went out of business I had traded them in long before for a better sounding solution... example, Auralic. 

I think I have a tendency to subconsciously consider the company when I purchased. For much of my adult life I have been in charge of selecting software (as a minimum $100’sK usually millions). Performance and the continued existence are critical... typically there will be a dozen companies producing a particular kind of software and only two will survive. Choosing the wrong one would be a complete failure on my part. So, maybe that crept into my decision making. Also, in this field, performance is critical for long term survival of the company. 

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Carver tuner, Boston Acoustics speakers, 

All the rest including Dual still alive and kicking in one form or another as far as I know. 
 

Is Goldring still around?  That cart still on Dual I bought in 1981. 

I own a pre-amp and mosfet-amp made by Steve Keiser, (from "B&K Electronics") when he made "Amherst Audio" for a very short period of time: "A-2000 and P-2000".  Both components sound amazing, but were only made a few hundred I think.  Really really wish I had a schematic for them both: the amp needs to be have it's resistors changed out (shows sign of a lot of heat) and the power supply should be updated. 

https://www.audioasylumtrader.com/ca/listing/Amplifier-SS/Amherst-Audio/P-2000-Preamp-and/A-2000-Amps-Reduced/30598