Hardware Poll: Your Favorite Name Brands (1 Viewer)

[Brad_W]

I want to know what brands people regard as high quality that they would like to own or already own.

I do NOT want model numbers, or size, shape, flat screen, etc. Just the brand name.

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1. Television

2. Reciever

3. Main speakers

4. Center

5. Surrounds

6. Subwoofer

7. DVD Player

8. Cables (if this sort of thing matters to you)

9. Amp

10. Other

 

[RobR]

1. Television - Sony

2. Reciever - Onkyo, Denon

3. through 5. should be the same brand in order to have matching speakers - B&W

6. Subwoofer - ?

7. DVD Player - Sony (although many brands would qualify)

 

[Kevin P]

1. Television - Mitsubishi or Toshiba

2. Receiver - Outlaw or Denon

3 - 5. Platinum Audio (can I use a co. that's out of business?)

6. Subwoofer - SVS

7. DVD Player - Sony

8. Cables - CATCables

9. Amp - Heck, I dunno. Lots of great ones out there! Ok, pick one... Adcom

10. Other: SACD,CD: Sony, DVD-A: Panasonic, VCR: JVC, LD: Pioneer

 

[Paul E V]

1. Television ----- would like to own Pioneer or Sony bigscreen

current are 2 Zenith and a Magnavox

2. Reciever ----- already own Pioneer Elite

3. Main speakers ----- already own Boston Acoustics

4. Center ----- (part of BA system)

5. Surrounds ----- (part of BA system)

6. Subwoofer ----- (part of BA system)

7. DVD Player ----- already own 3 from Pioneer

8. Cables ----- slowly upgrading to Monster Cable

9. Amp ----- NA (refer to #2)

10. Other -----

CD -- 3 Pioneer changers and a Pioneer recorder

Cassette -- 2 Pioneer multi-changers

Phono -- Pioneer

LD -- Pioneer

VCR -- 3 Sonys

MD --Sony

Camcorder -- Sony

Multi-room connections -- Niles

 

[Neil Joseph]

1. Television - (Sony)

2. Reciever - (Harmon Kardon)

3. Main speakers - (PSB)

4. Center - (PSB)

5. Surrounds ?

6. Subwoofer - (SVS)

7. DVD Player - (Toshiba)

8. Cables (if this sort of thing matters to you) - (AR)

9. Amp ?

10. Other ?

 

[Howard Williams]

1. Television: RPTV:Mitsubishi, FPTV:Sony, Direct View:Sony

2. AVR:McIntosh / Denon

3. Front Speakers: Klipsch

4. Center Speakers: Klipsch

5. Surround Speakers: Klipsch

6. Subwoofer: SVS

7. DVD: Sony

8. Cables: Better Cables

9. Amp: McIntosh

10. Camcorder:Sony

 

[Richard Travale]

Oops, double post

 

[Richard Travale]

1. Television : Used to be Sony, Now I think Loewe is Rad
2. Reciever : Denon or Nakamichi
3. Main speakers : B&W
4. Center :B&W
5. Surrounds : B&W
6. Subwoofer : SVS
7. DVD Player : Panasonic
8. Cables IY or Tara Labs
9. Amp : Parasound, Bryston or McIntosh
10. Other : Bello'Getti or Apple Ipod

 

[Artur Meinild]

1. Television: Metz

2. Reciever: NAD, Onkyo

3. Main speakers: B&W

4. Center: B&W

5. Surrounds: B&W

6. Subwoofer: ?

7. DVD Player: Metz

8. Cables: Taralabs

9. Amp: NAD, Onkyo

10. Other: Lexicon. They're the best, period.

 

[RobR]

It's a little scary how many people here don't know how to spell the word receiver.

Not really. Most people, including me, just copied and pasted from the original post, and typed in our entries.

What's more scary is people don't know their contractions.

 

[StevenW]

1. Television - Sony (Tube)

2. Receiver - Denon

3. Main speakers - Klipsch

4. Center - Klipsch

5. Surrounds - Klipsch

6. DVD Player - Sony

 

[Artur Meinild]

It's a little scary how many people here don't know how to spell the word receiver.

I think it's more scary that the english language is so inconsistent when it comes to spelling...
Receive - Retrieve
Not exactly making it any easier... I'm tempted to spell receive wrong all the time just to state an example!

 

[Justin Doring]

TV (RPTV): Pioneer Elite

TV (Direct View): Sony

DVD: Ayre

Reciever: B&K

Preamplifier/Processor: Mark Levinson

Amplifier: Mark Levinson

Main Speakers: Wilson

Center: Revel

Surrounds: Revel

Subwoofer: REL

Cables: Nordost

 

[Josh_Hill]

TV- Toshiba

DVD- Panasonic 5-Disc

Whole sound system is Pioneer

 

[Thomas_Berg]

1. Panasonic Tau

2. Marantz

3,4,5. B&W

6. SVS baby!

7. Panasonic

8. Bettercables (when i can afford them)

9. Rotel and Marantz. Krell too, but that's a little expensive right now.

10. other? how 'bout a dream package deal? i'd say Marantz, Rotel, Linn, SVS, and Bettercables could get together and make some crazy systems!!

 

[John Besse]

1. Television - Sony Wega (tube), Pioneer Elite (projection)
2. Reciever - Denon and Integra
3. Main speakers - Energy
4. Center - Energy
5. Surrounds - Energy
6. Subwoofer - SVS
7. DVD Player - Pioneer
8. Cables - Tara Labs and AudioQuest
9. Amp - Adcom
10. Other - Misc Brands

 

[BruZZi]

1. Television - Sony Wega (Sold Yesterday Buying Toshiba)

2. Receiver - Denon

3. Main speakers - DefTech

4. Center - DefTech

5. Surrounds - DefTech

6. Subwoofer - Pinnacle Digital Sub

7. DVD Player - Sony

8. Cables - Audioquest

9. Amp - Going to buy Rotel

10. Pre/Pro - Waiting for Outlaw ?!?!?!

 

[Scott Hayes]

TV-Mitsubishi

Receiver-Marantz

speakers- all Polk

DVD-toshiba for now

Amp-B&K

Power center-Monster

 

[Brett Hancock]

TV-Sony

Reciever-Denon

Speakers-Boston

DVD Player-Toshiba

Subwoofer-SVS

Stands and Racks-Sanus(just got these very nice product)

 

[Brian Harnish]

1. Television -- Sony, Pioneer Elites RPTVs, or Mits. RPTVs
2. Receiver -- Pioneer Elite, Yamaha, Onkyo -- will own a Pioneer Elite Receiver by the end of Feb!!
3. Main speakers -- Paradigm (by end of Feb.)
4. Center -- Paradigm (will own by end of Feb.)
5. Surrounds -- JBL, Paradigm (will own by end of Feb.)
6. Subwoofer -- SVS (may own by end of May)
7. DVD Player -- Toshiba, Pioneer (already own), Panasonic
8. Cables (if this sort of thing matters to you) -- I know I'll get ostracized for this one but, who cares: Nuthin' but Monstah Cables, man!!!
9. Amp -- Undecided at this point.