Gone but not forgotten

Apt Holeman preamp fantastic I’m still using in one of my systems. Hafler, Nakamichi Dual Turntable. The Best automatic Turntable that I have ever experienced am using one in my second system

My Audio buddy restored and sold me one of his Supephon preamps, this was the other half of PS Audio  , Best sounding for phonograph, Long gone now, but still enjoying the restored one

Kirksaeter:

In 1987 or so my soon-to-be-wife and I went shopping for speakers at a local brick and mortar hifi store here in the DC metro area named Audio Associates. We listened to a speaker brand from Germany named Kirksaeter.  She nodded in approval.   That was my WAF for our soon-to-be family.   Kirksaeter had a substantial product line of receivers and speakers in Germany and marketed some speakers here in the DC mid-atlantic area.   You still see a number of Kirksaeter products on HiFiShark but in Europe.   Kirksaeter went out of business I guess around 2000 or so.    I have three pairs of Kirksaeters in my living room powered  with three separate BlueSound PowerNodes bundled as a "group".  These are sealed "acoustic suspension"  speakers with a teak veneer.  Back then there was what was said to be an "east coast sound"  and a "west coast sound".  The "east coast sound" was typical of Advent with acoustic suspension and the "west coast sound" was generally ported speakers such as Altec Lansing. These Kirksaeter monitors are typical of that "east coast sound".     

I have a few Kirksaeters myself and really enjoy them. To my ears they’re accurate, easy to drive, and very non-fatiguing, which lines up well with that “east coast sound” you mentioned. They don’t try to impress you in the first thirty seconds, but they’re easy to live with and listen to for hours. It doesn’t hurt that they’re darn nice to look at, either. 

Too many are gone, but golden-era Infinity and Krell are at the top of the missed list.

Of the ones reputed dead, Crown is very much alive. So is Genesis, for better or for worse.