My Dad sold Lloyds, Magnavox, Clarion, Sony, Technics, Panasonic, and Toshiba and others over the years in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. He focused on TVs more than audio but carried both.
My current set up is a pair of GR Research LGK 2.4 speakers, a LGK 2.2 center channel, Project 1xpression Carbon classic turntable with an Ortofon 2m Black cartridge and S2 Tube Box pre-amp, as well as a Sony X800M2 4K player for my SACDs. I also use a Intel NUC i7 mini PC to run Roon software hooked up to a NAS for my digital music and video needs. Since it's all part of my home theater it all goes through a Marantz SR5014 AVR. Very modest but delivers the goods.