Originally Posted by Quattro Pete
Originally Posted by alarmguy
Anyway, glad to hear the Elite is still so well liked
FWIW, Pioneer sold its home theater entertainment business to Onkyo a few years back. The new Pioneer models are essentially the same as Onkyo on the inside, with just different looks on the outside. From all I've read, they're not the same as what they once were. Alas, the cheapening and disposability aspects of consumer electronics are everywhere now - most brands do it, so it's not just a Pioneer issue.
Late last year, Pioneer/Onkyo almost got acquired by Sound United who already owns Denon, Marantz, and Polk, alas, that deal got called off at the last minute.
DARN IT!!!!!!
I wish you didnt tell me *LOL*
Aren't there ANY real companies out there anymore, good god, all part of nothing different then offshore "shell" corporations.
Man, well, I guess I will stick with Yamaha since we have been impressed with it and at least, so far, its still Yamaha sound division, even though they have a boat division and everything else in-between.
Im just sick of the cloning of everything, Yamaha it will be. Ill refuse to give in as long as I can to this giant cloning of the last of the audio equipment and yet my budget not big enough for some of the small companies.
I still to this day remember when this started to change, the day, the internet came about and the audio magazines such as Stereo Review and Audio stopped being printed. Once they stopped the younger people were no longer educated, now did they care to be educated about true power outputs and what neutral unaltered sound is.
All this has given way to "extra" bass headphones, and manufacturer sculpted sound, the heck with the sound the artist wanted to present.
I have to say, we truly live in a time where we have gone backwards on sound reproduction. The general public is happy with their little bluetooth speakers and not enough left to make real companies profitable and make good stuff.