Martyn Miles
pfm Member
Didn’t Kenwood make food mixers ?
Brands that disappeared very quickly
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Didn’t Kenwood make food mixers ?
kennyh
pfm Member
And hifi, especially car hifi.
Kraus
pfm Member
https://pinkfishmedia.net/forum/threads/hi-fi-brands-wot-have-disappeared.123143/
Would have save me the mental effort of digging these, below, out of my memory.
Apologies if reports of anyone's death have been greatly exaggerated.
Systemdek
Strathearn Turntable
Fons
Era Turntable (MK6)
Revolver
TVA
Lentek Amp and m/c phono stage
Dahlquist (DQ‑10) Possibly not dead.
BLQ loudspeakers
Nightingale loudspeakers
Michaelson and Austin (TVA-10 amplifier)
Mana MA-2 stereo Stealth (ECS ?)
Meridian Component amplifier
Would have save me the mental effort of digging these, below, out of my memory.
Apologies if reports of anyone's death have been greatly exaggerated.
Systemdek
Strathearn Turntable
Fons
Era Turntable (MK6)
Revolver
TVA
Lentek Amp and m/c phono stage
Dahlquist (DQ‑10) Possibly not dead.
BLQ loudspeakers
Nightingale loudspeakers
Michaelson and Austin (TVA-10 amplifier)
Mana MA-2 stereo Stealth (ECS ?)
Meridian Component amplifier
Stunsworth
pfm Member
National Panasonic, well it was a brand
Cheaper Technics.
Tony L
Administrator
They always were Kenwood worldwide, but needed to rebrand in the UK due to the food mixer company having the name here. I’m surprised there was trademark category overlap, but I’m sure that was the reason.
Wolfmancatsup
Empire State Human
I’ve been using one of their stands for well over ten years. Seems fine to me...
Caledon1297
pfm Member
EMF Audio, a Mike Creek venture (IIRC).
lazycat
pfm Member
Oh shame on you. lol
I had a CA252 for 2 years. Better than the bloody Nait. It could actually drive speakers.
lazycat
pfm Member
Really? Unbelievable.
Barrymagrec
pfm Member
Alba may have been short lived in Hi Fi but they`d been manufacturing radios since the twenties.
Veritas Horn Systems Ltd. Small manufacturer located in Holt Norfolk making speakers (many of which were horn loaded) and amplifiers - amplifiers were apparently made for them by a third party according to one website. Apparently they had 9 speaker models in their catalogue but there is some suggestion that very few models were actually made. More detail/investigation required.
Meridian are still alive and kicking! The configuration principles of that amplifier continue through to the current card-based 861 surround sound processor.
Mana as it remember it were proselytised in Audiofile magazine?
I once went out to buy a Mana stand second-hand and being amazed/appalled by the incompetent chewing gum welding and shabby incomplete powder coating. The vendor assured me these were essential elements in delivering the claimed sound quality improvements. No.
Hungry Halibut
pfm Member
Tangent speakers were popular for a while then disappeared. I had some ARC 050 speakers, which had crossovers on the back that could be removed for active running with Nytech amplifiers. They were really good, and there were larger 101s and 202s as well.
