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Company loyalty- What has been your favorite?

Thinking about the many different companies, brands and
manufacturers.

High end- Krell, Bryston, Ayre, etc
Popular- Pioneer Elite, Sony, Yamaha, Denon, Onkyo, etc
Smaller-(purists) Butler Audio, Odyssey, Red Wine, etc
Good reputation- Marantz, Sunfire, Arcam, McIntosh

Do you have a brand that you are loyal to? If so, please state why you are? Sound? Quality? Service? etc
2psyop
tvad
9,467 posts
 
From my experience...for product quality and service excellence (if required):

Atma-Sphere
Exemplar Audio
KAB Electo Acoustics
Lamm
Modwright
Pass Labs
VAC
Wright Sound Company
tobias
1,534 posts
 
Graham Engineering
Galibier
SimAudio
Klyne Audio Arts
Audio Space
Herbie's Audio Labs
Soundsmith
Benz Micro

A couple of Montreal dealers, including Son Ideal.
Arcadia Audio and Ovation Audio in the Toronto area.
Two Canadian distributors, Charisma Audio and Plurison.
UHF Magazine.

Another vote for ECM. Also Hyperion, Harmonia Mundi, Analekta and Atma.
timrhu
2,778 posts
 
Resolution Audio and Thiel. Both for sound quality and customer service. I bought my RA CD-50 on ebay and when I contacted RA about a problem I was having with the remote control Jeff Kalt sent me a new remote control along with a new EPROM chip to accommodate the remote. Guess what he charged? Nada!
Similar service from Thiel for used speakers.
entrope
482 posts
 
ACI (Audio Concepts) speakers are always excellent and well supported. Great price/performance ratio.
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chadnliz
3,736 posts
 
What no Vandersteen? Not only does Richard make great long standing products at real world prices but also is for the most part always willing to help via a phone call.
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