Top brands that have no respect

I think Rockport has a lot of respect. The fact that they have very few dealers is a reflection of Andy Payor's choice of having a very small number of dealers, not a reflection of how many dealers would like to carry Rockports. At their production levels and prices, Andy can be very choosy when picking dealers.

Larry
 
I think Rockport has a lot of respect. The fact that they have very few dealers is a reflection of Andy Payor's choice of having a very small number of dealers, not a reflection of how many dealers would like to carry Rockports. At their production levels and prices, Andy can be very choosy when picking dealers.

Larry

Agree. I think Andy decides to limit number of dealers he would like to work with. Rockport popularity goes neck to neck with other brands like, Wilson, Magico, Focal, Sonus faber. At one point Goodwind's high end mentioned how Magico and Rockport popularity surpass Avalon in their store.
 
Hi

You guys might just fall of your chairs at the following, but I am very impressed when using the Yamaha CDS3000 Dac with my ARC equipment.

To my ears, excellent value for money.

Regards

Jozua
 
I think Rockport has a lot of respect. The fact that they have very few dealers is a reflection of Andy Payor's choice of having a very small number of dealers, not a reflection of how many dealers would like to carry Rockports. At their production levels and prices, Andy can be very choosy when picking dealers.

Larry

Indeed. His theory is basically “one per state”. As a dealer, if you already have a Rockport dealer in your state, you’re SOL. I can respect that. His production capabilities are small and if he doubled or tripled his dealers, he couldn’t necessarily keep up. This is not uncommon among those companies happy to produce X in a given year rather than keep growing. I’m also not sure how the health issues play into things either. Either way, they are definitely another top American made speaker.
 
My list of "underrated" or "under the radar" brands. Some spend modest money on marketing and probably need some brand ambassadorship. :hey:


Cary Audio
Lamm
Line Magnetic
Kondo
Sanders
Shindo
Nola
Atma-sphere
David Berning
Pureaudio
Marten
 
One I've owned: Aerial Acoustics
Another one: Sony
I think what they have in common is that neither seems to be able to decide: in or out?
 
You guys might just fall of your chairs at the following, but I am very impressed when using the Yamaha CDS3000 Dac with my ARC equipment.
The worlds largest manufacturer of musical instruments, with nearly 100 years of making audio components, knows how to make a CD player?
 
One I've owned: Aerial Acoustics
Another one: Sony
I think what they have in common is that neither seems to be able to decide: in or out?

Before I bought my Magico S5, the Aerial Acoustics 7T were my stereo speakers. Now they are the front speakers in my HT/spare stereo system. Good speakers for sure.
 
What about Gamut? I thought of them as they are another that prefers limited dealers, especially in the U.S.

It's difficult for what I call mass market brands like Sony or Yamaha to get respect as high end, regardless of if the performance is. I feel it does help when they market those brands under another label, like Sony does with ES. Or, Marantz does with Reference.
 
Your title is better than "Top brands that deserve no respect"

But at first, in all honesty, I was thinking that was your title/ question instead of yours. That was a "me bad" moment.
 
What about Gamut? I thought of them as they are another that prefers limited dealers, especially in the U.S.

It's difficult for what I call mass market brands like Sony or Yamaha to get respect as high end, regardless of if the performance is. I feel it does help when they market those brands under another label, like Sony does with ES. Or, Marantz does with Reference.

I think the Gamut designer is busy with Raidho. His first design out of the gate sounded quite good.
 
The worlds largest manufacturer of musical instruments, with nearly 100 years of making audio components, knows how to make a CD player?

Yamaha is also a long time musical instrument manufacture... since 1887 I think if I recall correct. Their logo is actually three tuning forks :)... Nothing but respect for Yamaha!
 
Another excellent performing manufacturer that doesn't garner a great deal of attention is PrimaLuna. Their PrimaLuna DiaLogue Premium HP integrated amplifier is a remarkable audio component at an amazingly sensible price.

https://www.primaluna-usa.com/dialogue-premium-hp-integrated
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+1 for PrimaLuna. Not only do they make good amps, they recently released a new tube DAC that is quite good.
 
+2 for primaluna. It deserves more attention. Also i forgot to mention BAT (Balanced Audio Technology).
 
I wouldn’t say the following brands have no respect but rather are underrated relative to the attention they receive here in the U.S.:

Tidal- It perplexes me that some in the market for Wilson or Magico don’t consider these outstanding speakers despite nothing but rave consumer and professional reviews. Their amps and preamps are also top-notch.

Simaudio- All they do is make excellent products.

Joseph- As has been mentioned several times already, simply great speakers.

(Special Mention)
Cary- I wouldn’t necessarily call them underrated, but it does seem that they get left out of the discussion more often than they should be.

Parasound- Some audiophiles just don’t know how good their Halo products are.
 
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