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Mark Levinson is a high-end audio equipment brand established in 1972 by eponymous founder Mark Levinson.

Accuphase Laboratory, Inc. (originally known as Kensonic Laboratory, Inc) is a Japanese, Yokohama-based high-end audio equipment manufacturer founded by former Kenwood engineer Jiro Kasuga in late 1972.

Kasuga was not happy with the views of Kenwood relating to the follower of their High-End Supreme 1 unit (1967).

He hired some engineers from other prominent brands (Marantz, Luxman) and started Kensonic, with Kenwood as a part owner.

Some other connections in the early years of Accuphase exist as well.

If you compare the parts used by Kenwood and Kensonic throughout the latter's early years, the familiarities show quite easy: knobs, buttons, tuner dials and the general direction of the design.

Accuphase's early PCBs are tagged KENSONIC, too, and the early units bore a proud KENSONIC on their frontplates as well.

Until the mid-1990s, Kenwood still owned part of Kensonic.

It appears that Accuphase engineers may have had a hand in the engineering of Kenwood's last high-end series (L-A1, L-D1 and LVD-Z1).

For example, the Accuphase E-405 and Kenwood L-A1 have very similar volume knobs, side panels, and remotes.

Sonus Faber is an Italian manufacturer of handcrafted speakers, headphones, and other high-end audio equipment based in Arcugnano, Veneto, Italy.

The company was founded in 1983 by Franco Serblin.

Sonus Faber is one of several audio brands owned by Fine Sounds Group, which also owns McIntosh, Wadia, Sumiko and Audio Research.

Luxman is a brand name of Japanese, a company that manufactures luxury audio components.

Luxman produces a variety of high-end hi-fi products which include turntables, amplifiers, receivers, tape decks, CD players and speakers.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 – November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher and an important figure of German idealism.

He achieved wide renown in his day and, while primarily influential within the continental tradition of philosophy, has become increasingly influential in the analytic tradition as well.

Although he remains a divisive figure, his canonical stature within Western philosophy is universally recognized.