A question for audiophiles: What name do you most associate with high-end home audio equipment?

[FrustratedUser]

Mark Levinson
Rotel (well, econo highend)
Infinity
Linn
Acoustic Research

 

[silverpig]

I can't believe no one's mentioned Legacy Audio yet...

 

[vidgamefan]

Krell, Wilson, Madrigal, Linn, Martin Logan, Conrad Johnson, Tannoy.

 

[Anubis]

Martin Logan
legacy
B&W

 

[Farbio]

krell, jmlabs, martin logan, dynaudio, boulder, tons more

mark levinson was in that list until they started putting the audio systems in lexus....that just ruined it for me...i couldn't pay 30k for a set of amps and know that something in a lexus had the same name on it

 

[Adul]

B&W

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: KokomoGST

Originally posted by: tweakmm
Bose

Uhoh... is that a troll??
Considering how people feel about Boseissuck...

yeah a troll with 7 times as many posts as you.

i got your back tweak!

my dad's got some B&W's that are pretty nice but if i was using them i wouldn't be able to listen without a sub too. my brother's got some Klipsh La Scalas (125 pounds each) that sound freaking amazing. i like extra bass kick so i'd want a sub even with those, or some extra eq (he runs them flat). 15" drivers in each one...
as for me, i've got a Bose AM-3 setup. but in my defense, i bought it because it didn't sound anything like Bose. I hate every other speaker they make. they were great for the dorm room.

 

[CocaCola5]

Ultra High-End: Audio Note
High-End: Naim, McIntosh, Krell, Mark Levinson

 

[C'DaleRider]

Conrad-Johnson, Thiel, Revel, Dynaudio, Bremester, Boulder, McIntosh, Connoisseur, Chord, Musical Fidelity, B&W, Wilson Audio, Linn, Classe, PS Audio, Krell, Rogue Audio, Mark Levinson, clearaudio, Rega, Basis, Bryston, Apogee.........and the list just keeps going.

 

[Woodchuck2000]

Amplification - Krell/Quad
Speakers - Kef/B&W
Sources - Marantz/Linn

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: silverpig
I can't believe no one's mentioned Legacy Audio yet...

They are in my living room.
hmmmm... I need to try my new LOTR DVD. brb....

 

[mpitts]

I always think of:

Mark Levinson
McIntosh
Krell
Marantz

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Mrburns2007
Truthfully think Lexicon makes the best preamp/processor now on the market. I haven't really heard anything better.

Ditto.

 

[Random Variable]

What's up with the MartinLogan web site? Was it designed for 1600x1200 resolution or something?

 

[scorp00]

Wow, marantz is high end? I have an old 70's marantz receiver at home that my dad bought back in the day. I never loved it as the FM reception wasn't great and it blew the 15's attached to it to pieces.

I might have to dig that thing out of the closet and see how it does on some current speakers.

 

[Random Variable]

Originally posted by: scorp00
Wow, marantz is high end? I have an old 70's marantz receiver at home that my dad bought back in the day. I never loved it as the FM reception wasn't great and it blew the 15's attached to it to pieces.

I might have to dig that thing out of the closet and see how it does on some current speakers.

Did Phillips buy Marantz?

 

[Doggiedog]

Wow, I'm surprised so many people said B&W. My B&Ws sound pretty good but not as good as the Celestions I used to have.

The old Marantz stuff was real good. The new Marantz stuff is crap.

 

[brxndxn]

If any of you guys just want speakers that you can actually afford instead of speakers that you can barely afford to look at, check out Athena.

I bought a small pair of Athena FS-31's and they are absolutely wonderful. They look beautiful and they sound great. I am going to be buying another 3 Athena speakers some time and an Athena subwoofer (though I don't really need one) some time during my life.

BTW, these speakers have a 7-year warranty. For the price difference between these and high-end speakers, you could afford to replace them every 7 years.


Also, anyone ever notice that things that have more refined manufacturing processes have fewer flaws? Think you're going to have fewer flaws when there's only a few made per day or thousands made per day? I don't think any 'hand-made' speakers can rival mass-produced speakers in terms of sound quality.

 

[GoSharks]

sennheiser orpheus

 

[Howard]

Boulder, Pass Labs, Krell, Theta Digital, Lexicon, Bryston, VTL, Lamm Industries, Z-Sys, VMPS Audio, EgglestonWorks, Raven.

 

[Howard]

BTW, the Theta Casablanca II has more features than.. uh.. the Lexicon MC-12, was it? I'm too lazy to check their website.

 

[Ornery]

The last time I gave a damn about exotic audio, Phase Linear was the one to own. That's been about 25 years, so things may have changed since then.

 

[ganesha]

Rocket Loudspeakers by ONIX

Rocket by Onix: Best speaker for the money EVER?

SVS Subwoofers

 

[fyleow]

Stax, Sennheiser, Etymotic, Grado, Beyer-Dynamic, AKG, Audio Technica, EAR, Melos, Cardas

 

[StageLeft]

aiwa