lol i remember before we had any walmarts around here and got spark o matic cassette players at advance auto
We always had a Walmart in this town since I was 3-4 years old. Thats about 40 years I can remember.
I remember the sparkamatic, some brand like krako or something, and I remember when a system was an 8 track deck and two 6x9's
And you had it if you owned an eq/amp.
Jenson was a pretty big name at one time to.
But life did get better when pioneer, kenwood, alpine, fosgate,kicker, jl, and liner power to name a few stepped up the game and competed for the top spot.
Guess I should have put Sony in that list too, sony's products fell pretty hard 15-17 years ago but before that they made some pretty great products.
Best time for me was the 90's, we had all kinds of great brands made in the USA and at the end of the 90's in my opinion some of the best sq ab class amps were made. But just a few of these brands made it till today (still made in USA)