Made in America

I see that you're kind of new here. If you had been around longer or frequented any of the other audiophile forums, you'd know there are a core group of audiophiles that are passionate about "made in America" audio gear. They get very upset about the influx of "knock off" and "look-alike" gear, especially from China, and refuse to buy it. Yes, "made in America" means plenty for a significant number of audiophiles. Although, gear from Japan and some of the European countries has an excellent reputation and is prized by many audiophiles. It's the gear made in China that is very polarizing.

China is building a Lenovo manufacturing plant somewhere next to Greensboro so some of the Lenovo laptops will be made in US. Which one would you prefer after all?

A lot of my favorite gear I use is by American companies.

OHM, Bel Canto, Audio Research mainly. Logitech Squeezebox also (though theline was recently discontinued...grrrr).

I have two mhdt DACs made by some guy in the far east that are real giant killers though.

I also am fond of the British products I use: DNM Reson ICs, Linn turntable.

Dynaudios from Denmark are gold standard speaker designs IMHO.

LEts not forget France, Triangle speakers can be very good values if you can find them in the US these days.

And of course, from Japan, the DEnon DL103R cart, another giant killer.