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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- 

 

zavato
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rocray
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Red Dragon Audio m500 amps,and Monarchy Audio SM70 mkII amps. 

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audphile1
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Rectilinear
 

Rectal in ear? No wonder they are out of business 

ketchup
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Mod Squad power supply for my Oracle turntable.

vetsc5
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Hello Zavato,  I appreciate your question. Yes I still have Dahlquist DQ 10’s which purchased new in 1980 from defunct Federated Electronics.  I stored them for several years as I “experimented” with other speakers. Eventually I put them back to work after woofer rebuilds by Regnar Dahlquist who purchased the licensing rights. Also installed their OFC point to point wiring, new mids and built my own stands. I use them primarily for my analog music with my classic and still spinning vinyl perfectly Denon DP 51F. Only change to the Denon TT were new interconnects. 
enjoy the music. 

devinplombier
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It just occurred to me that I only own gear from defunct brands.

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