e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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FWIW re Classic brand:
http://hardware.dmusic.com/reviews/cm415/

Figuring out the company profile for Classic was difficult, it almost appeared the company did not want to be profiled. The instruction manual and packaging gave no website or address, however in the warranty info, I found a toll-free number and that the true manufacturer is a company named Combined Luck Industries LTD. An online search for Combined Luck only turned up an import detention for a CD player (apparently not registered) one year ago.

With nothing else left, I called the toll-free number and got a message that told me to call a different toll-free number. I called the second toll-free number and to my surprise, I got a real person on the other end. He was even nice and helpful! It turns out the Combined Luck Industries is a Hong Kong based manufacturer that has been making CD players for other companies (including Classic) for 12-15 years. Classic itself is owned by Executive Marketing, a 4 year old company based in Newport Beach. Circuit City (where I bought the Classic CM415) is their largest vendor. Classic makes CD players, SRS Radios and CD burners.

http://hardware.dmusic.com/reviews/cdm193/printer.php
Starlite Marketing Ltd: Starlite is a Hong Kong company and AudioLogic is a brand name that Starlite owns. Starlite is a 31-year-old company that began manufacturing transistor radios in 1969, now manufacturing a wide range of products including CD & MP3 players, televisions, and telephones. Starlite has manufactured or currently manufactures products for large companies such as Philips, Sony, Sharp, Hitachi, Thompson, Grundig, and Daewoo.

When I called the number in the instruction pamphlet to find out more about Starlite, I got a message to call another number. In an odd twist of fate when I called the familiar looking second number, it turned out to be Executive Marketing (the U.S. front for Combined Luck Industries LTD, makers of the Classic CM 415 of my last review) and I even talked to the same representative I talked to for the Classic mp3-CD player. It turns out Executive Marketing manages U.S. affairs for AudioLogic.