Sadly missed manufacturers


I've been an audio and music enthusiast since the 1970's. We've all seen a fair number of companies come and go. Some burned brightly for a while, some not at all, and some companies are still present but only in name as they otherwise bear no resemblance to their ancestors.

Are there any companies you are sad to have seen disappear?

l can name a few former luminaries that are now gone- Counterpoint, Apogee. Both offered very good products, but unfortunately neither offered bullet proof reliability. I am of mixed feelings of the various Carver companies. I think Carver, the man, is capable of producing some genuinely first rate products but I viewed much of the marketing as smoke and mirrors which to me detracts from a manufacturer's credibility.
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GSM beat me to it! I was about to post the following:

To the many good inputs that have been provided I would add the better makers of high quality tube electronics in the 1950's and 1960's, including among others:

Marantz (the present company is the same in name only)
Brook
H. H. Scott
Fisher
Pilot
Acrosound and Dynaco (David Hafler's first two companies)
REL (Radio Engineering Laboratories, no relation to the British subwoofer manufacturer).

And the 1930's forebears of quality hifi as we know it:

E. H. Scott
McMurdo Silver
Western Electric (many of whose products from the 1930's are still revered for their sonics, and are worth small or not so small fortunes)

Regards,
-- Al
Heath, as in Heathkits, and Dynaco, although I am not sure how many people have the patience to assemble kits any more. As Al just posted, David Hafler founded Dynaco before Halfer.

And when you think about kits, got to include Eico.

Also, who remembers getting that catalog in the mail from Lafayette or Allied, and spending all that time looking through it?