Where were your audio components designed/engineered?


Just interested in which country was your gear designed (not manufactured). It might be fun to see where we are from and which companies have influenced our wallets and our audio tastes the most??

My gear-
Amp/preamp - Parasound - Canada
Integrated amp - Line Magnetic Audio - China
Speakers - Magnepan - USA
Speakers (2nd system) - Vandersteen - USA
DAC - Benchmark Media - USA
DAC (2nd system) - Shiit Audio - USA
CD player - Sony - Japan
CD player (2nd system) - Rega - United Kingdom
Streamer/DAC - Bluesound - USA
Digital Storage - Western Digital - USA
Interconnects/ cables - Blue Jeans - Signal Cables - Analysis Plus - USA

Your audio gear?

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Speakers - Wilson - USA
Amps - Audio Research - USA
Turntable - Michell - UK
Cartridge - Lyra - Japan
Phonostage - Whest - UK
DAC - PS Audio - USA
Power - Shunyata - USA
Interconnects & Speaker Cable - Cardas - USA

Mini-soda (2)
Cowifornia (2)
Frozen Northern Wasteland (1)
SushiVille (1)
Melos Preamp / USA
Jeff Korneff Power Amp / USA
Sonic Frontiers / Phono Amp Canada
Parasound DAC / Canada
Pioneer Elite CDP / Japan
Hand Built Turntable / My basement (USA)
Polestar Arm / Japan
REL Sub / UK
Lowther Speakers / England
ExactPower Transformer / USA
PS Audio Conditioner / USA
Valvet Mono Block Amps / Germany

Pickups: London (the company!)---England

RIAA amplifier: Herron---U.S.A.

Arms: Zeta, Helius---England

Turntables: Townshend---England; VPI---U.S.A.

CD/SACD: Esoteric---Japan

Tuner: McIntosh---U.S.A.

Tape: Revox---Switzerland/Germany; Nakamichi---Japan

Pre-Amp: EAR-Yoshino---England

Cross-Over: First Watt---U.S.A.

Power Amps: Music Reference, Electron Kinetics, PS Audio, Bedini---U.S.A.

Speakers: QUAD---England; Eminent Technology, Magnepan, GR Research/Rythmik---U.S.A.

Mechanical isolation: Townshend Audio---England; Symposium Acoustics---U.S.A.; Ingress Engineering---Canada

Cables: Kimber, Clear Day, Tara Labs---U.S.A.; Mogami---Japan

Electrical: Shunyata, Porter---U.S.A.

Acoustical: Acoustic Science Corp---U.S.A. (PI Audio and/or GIK Acoustics to follow shortly)

LP care: V.P.I., Torumat, Nitty Gritty, The Last Factory---U.S.A.

Drums: Camco, Gretsch, Leedy, Ludwig, Radio King, Rogers, Slingerland, WFL---U.S.A.

Cymbals: Paiste---Switzerland; Zildjian---U.S.A.; Bosphorus---Turkey