> Most of them aren’t well known legacy companies, but rather random Chinese hardware manufacturers. The synth music world is currently going through a big shift with several new cheap open-firmware options, and none of them are produced by a company anyone would recognise.

Maybe to an outsider it seems like none is being made by companies you recognize, but to us in music, lots of big brands are changing tune. Erica Synths (big in both desktop gear and modular synths), Polyend, Akai/MPC, Moog and more.

Sadly, Elektron is not yet on the wagon of change, but surely they'll find their ways soon too I hope.

But to say none of them are "well known" is very far from the truth, Moog is probably as "legacy" as any brand can get and still sell hardware today.