I built this resource page to compile all the “top brands for X” that I’ve written about on this website. In this page, each brand I’ve discussed will be followed by a list of “best brand” articles that mention the brand.
This list began as a data sheet to help me interlink between My New Microphone articles. It has grown along with the website over the years and I figure I might as well share it with you to help you navigate as well. So if you happen to find yourself on this page, these are the brands I’ve recommended in my “top X brands for Y” type articles.
Note that these are not necessarily the best of the best brands that produce audio equipment. Rather they are what I consider the top brands for specific products, as show by the linked articles. With that said, here are the brands!
4ms Company
Adam Audio
AEA (Audio Engineering Associates)
Aguilar
Akai Professional
AKG (Akustische und Kino-Geräte Gesellschaft)
Alembic
Alesis
Allen & Heath
- Top Best Live Sound Mixing Board/Console Brands
- Top Best Mixing Board/Console Brands For Home Studios
ALM / Busy Circuits
Alpine
Alto Professional
- Top Best Mixing Board/Console Brands For Home Studios
- Top Best PA Loudspeaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Subwoofer Brands (Car, PA, Home & Studio)
Alvarez
Ampeg
AMS Neve
AMT (Applied Microphone Technology)
Analogue Solutions
Antelope
Anthem
API
Apple
Apogee Electronics
Arcam
ART (Applied Research And Technology)
Arturia
Astro
Audeze
Audient
Audio-Technica
AudioControl
Audix
Auris Audio
Avalon Design
Avid
- Top Best Audio Interface Brands In The World
- Top Best DAW Control Surface Brands In The World
- Top Best Live Sound Mixing Board/Console Brands
Bang & Olufsen
Beats
Behringer
- Top Best DAW Control Surface Brands In The World
- Top Best Eurorack Module Synth Brands In The World
- Top Best MIDI Controller Brands In The World
- Top Best Mixing Board/Console Brands For Home Studios
- Top Best Synthesizer Brands In The World
Benchmark Media
Beyerdynamic
Black Lion Audio
Blackstar
Blue Microphones
Bock Audio
Bose
- Top Best Earphone/Earbud Brands In The World
- Top Best Headphone Brands In The World
- Top Best Headset Brands (Gaming, Aviation, Communication)
- Top Best Home Speaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Loudspeaker Brands (Overall) On The Market Today
- Top Best PA Loudspeaker Brands You Should Know And Use
Boss
- Top Best Guitar/Bass Effects Pedal Brands To Know & Use
- Top Best Guitar Amplifier Brands In The World
Bowers & Wilkins
- Top Best Earphone/Earbud Brands In The World
- Top Best Headphone Brands In The World
- Top Best Home Speaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Loudspeaker Brands (Overall) On The Market Today
Breedlove
Burson Audio
Cadac
Cambridge Audio
Catalinbread
Charvel
Chase Bliss Audio
Chord Electronics
Clear-Com
Clement Clark Communications
Club Of The Knob
Coles Electroacoustics
Collings
Community Loudspeakers
Corsair
Corsynth
Crown Audio
Curetronic
Cwejman
Daking
Darkglass Electronics
dbx
Definitive Technology
- Top Best Home Speaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Loudspeaker Brands (Overall) On The Market Today
Denon
DiGiCo
DigiTech
Doepfer
DPA (Danish Pro Audio)
Dunlop
Dynaudio
- Top Best Home Speaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Loudspeaker Brands (Overall) On The Market Today
- Top Best Studio Monitor Brands You Should Know And Use
EarthQuaker Devices
Eich
ELAC
Electro-Harmonix
Electro-Voice
- Top Best Microphone Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best PA Loudspeaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Subwoofer Brands (Car, PA, Home & Studio)
Empress Effects
Erica Synths
ESP
Etymotic Research
Eve Audio
Faro
Feliks Audio
Fender
- Top Best Bass Guitar Brands In The World
- Top Best Bass Guitar Amplifier Brands In The World
- Top Best Electric Guitar Brands In The World
- Top Best Guitar/Bass Effects Pedal Brands To Know & Use
- Top Best Guitar Amplifier Brands In The World
FiiO
FMR Audio
Focal
- Top Best Headphone Brands In The World
- Top Best Home Speaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Loudspeaker Brands (Overall) On The Market Today
- Top Best Studio Monitor Brands You Should Know And Use
Focusrite
- Top Best Audio Interface Brands In The World
- Top Best DAW Control Surface Brands In The World
- Top Best Microphone Preamplifier Brands In The World
Fodera
Friedman
Gallien-Krueger
Genelec
Gibson
Godin
Grace Design
Grado
Great River Electronics
Gretsch
Guild
G&L
Hartke
HEDD
Heil Sound
Helios
Hughes & Kettner
HyperX
Ibanez
iCon
Integra
Intellijel
Jabra
Jackson
Jam Pedals
JBL
- Top Best Earphone/Earbud Brands In The World
- Top Best Home Speaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Loudspeaker Brands (Overall) On The Market Today
- Top Best PA Loudspeaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Subwoofer Brands (Car, PA, Home & Studio)
JHS Pedals
Kali Audio
Keeley Electronics
KEF
Kicker
Kiesel
Klipsch
- Top Best Home Speaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Loudspeaker Brands (Overall) On The Market Today
- Top Best Subwoofer Brands (Car, PA, Home & Studio)
Korg
Lakland
Laney
Larrivee
Lawo
Lightspeed
Line 6
Linear Tube Audio
M-Audio
Mackie
- Top Best DAW Control Surface Brands In The World
- Top Best Mixing Board/Console Brands For Home Studios
- Top Best PA Loudspeaker Brands You Should Know And Use
Make Noise
Marantz
Markbass
Marshall
Martin
MBHO/Haun
McIntosh
Meris
Mesa/Boogie
Midas
- Top Best Live Sound Mixing Board/Console Brands
- Top Best Mixing Board/Console Brands For Home Studios
Modal Electronics
Mojave Audio
Moog Music
Moon Modular
MOS-LAB
MTX
Music Man
Mutable Instruments
MXR
NAD Electronics
Native Instruments
Neat Microphones
Nektar
Neotek
Neumann
- Top Best Microphone Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Studio Monitor Brands You Should Know And Use
Niles
Noise Engineering
Nord
Novation
Oakley Sound Systems
Onkyo
Orange
Outlaw Audio
Ovation
Parasound
Pass Labs
Pathos Acoustics
Peavey
- Top Best Mixing Board/Console Brands For Home Studios
- Top Best PA Loudspeaker Brands You Should Know And Use
Pioneer
PK
PMC
Polk Audio
- Top Best Home Speaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Subwoofer Brands (Car, PA, Home & Studio)
PreSonus
- Top Best Audio Interface Brands In The World
- Top Best DAW Control Surface Brands In The World
- Top Best Mixing Board/Console Brands For Home Studios
Prism Sound
PRS (Paul Reed Smith)
PSI Audio
QSC
- Top Best Loudspeaker Brands (Overall) On The Market Today
- Top Best PA Loudspeaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Subwoofer Brands (Car, PA, Home & Studio)
Quested
Razer
Red Panda
Rega Research
RHA
Rickenbacker
RME Audio
Roanwell
Rode
Roland
ROLI
Royer
Rupert Neve Designs
Schecter
Schiit
Schoeps Mikrofone
Seagull
Sennheiser
- Top Best Earphone/Earbud Brands In The World
- Top Best Headphone Brands In The World
- Top Best Microphone Brands You Should Know And Use
Sequential
Shure
- Top Best Earphone/Earbud Brands In The World
- Top Best Headphone Brands In The World
- Top Best Microphone Brands You Should Know And Use
Sigtronics
Skullcandy
Slate Media Technology
Smart AV
Softube
Solid State Logic
- Top Best Audio Interface Brands In The World
- Top Best DAW Control Surface Brands In The World
- Top Best Live Sound Mixing Board/Console Brands
- Top Best Microphone Preamplifier Brands In The World
- Top Best Studio Recording/Mixing Console Brands
Solomon Design
Sonos
Sony
- Top Best AV Receiver Brands In The World
- Top Best Earphone/Earbud Brands In The World
- Top Best Headphone Brands In The World
Soundcraft
- Top Best Live Sound Mixing Board/Console Brands
- Top Best Mixing Board/Console Brands For Home Studios
Source Audio
Spector
Stax
SteelSeries
Steinberg
STG Soundlabs
Strymon
Studer
SVS
Synthesizers.com
Takamine
TASCAM
Taylor
TC Electronics
TipTop Audio
Trident
True Systems
Turtle Beach
Universal Audio
Victory
Vox
Walrus Audio
Wampler Pedals
Warm Audio
Warwick
Washburn
Woo Audio
Wunder Audio
Xaoc Devices
Yamaha
- Top Best Acoustic Guitar Brands In The World
- Top Best AV Receiver Brands In The World
- Top Best Bass Guitar Brands In The World
- Top Best DAW Control Surface Brands In The World
- Top Best Live Sound Mixing Board/Console Brands
- Top Best Mixing Board/Console Brands For Home Studios
- Top Best PA Loudspeaker Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Studio Monitor Brands You Should Know And Use
- Top Best Subwoofer Brands (Car, PA, Home & Studio)
- Top Best Synthesizer Brands In The World