My linestage and amplifier are custom made by a one-person operation in Italy, but he uses primarily vintage parts made in the USA (including Western Electric caps and transformers). My streamer/DAC is made in England, my headphone and phono cartridges are Japanese-made, the headphone amp/energizer is US made, the turntable/tonearm/vacuum clamp/motor controller are US-made, my phono stage is Italian as are most of my speaker (the midrange horn/compression drivers are US Western Electric parts). My power conditions are made by an English company (don't know where they are built), and I have no idea about the manufacturing source of my cabling. All of my tubes are vintage US and German tubes.
Made in USA
I love to support USA products as much as I can. Even if it costs more. Id say 2nd choice Europe or Japan. Last place China.
So USA made HiFi products I have are... Magnepan, Odyssey, Geshelli, Rythmik, Schitt, Bluejean, Belden, Analog Productions( vinyl). Musichall & Monitor Audio (UK), Nagaoka, Magomi(Japan),
Other USA made HiFi I know of.. Kilpsch (high end speakers), Jeff Rowland, P.S. Audio, Emotiva?
Im sure there are more. Please continue list and lets support our own.
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@bikefi10 It's been mentioned but I'll say it again. Your statement should be "I like to buy things assembled in the USA". Like it or not, we are living in a global economy. Take a look inside any amp and tell me where all the parts were actually made. It's why countries sign Free Trade Agreements. As an aside, we wouldn't be able to affort most of the equipment we enjoy today if it had actually been 100% made and assembled in the USA. And for all the China haters out there, I suppose the irony is lost on those who typed out the messge on their I-Phone 🤣 |
Turntable-UK Cartridge-UK Phono Preamp-S. Korea Digital-Italy Digital Vintage-Japan Tape Vintage-Japan Preamp-Japan Poweramp-Japan Loudspeakers-Canada Power Conditioner-USA Cables-USA/Italy/Netherlands Rack-Sweden Outlets-Japan/USA What humors me is the CHIFI fanboys (don't?) realize the profit margin(percentage) is higher on PRC made products. The discount on a B&W 702 Signature is $2500 a pair, what discount will Magnepan offer when the 3.7i is replaced? |
Huge topic, I’ll chime in, not going to argue after this, just a point of view. I take the long view: One World. The history of Nationalism ain’t good. Tarrifs!!!!!! Protect OUR businesses! How things change. Age 6, 1954, We all had cheap toys, the kind with thin soft metal parts with slots and tabs. You assembled the toy by putting the tabs thru the slots and bending the metal over to keep it in the slot. Eventually you had a car, truck, star, whatever. A small gang of young men walked by one day and said: Those toys are made by the enemy! 6 yrs old, huh? 1959, impressionable age 11, living in McClean VA., lots of military lived in towns near Wash. DC. Any time a Volkswagen drove by, someone a bit older would mutter, made by the enemy! Or, someone my age, having been influenced by their parents. And now, many prefer made in Japan and made in Germany to made China. Read the long history of China, Hawaii, Cuba, Vietnam, Panama, Philippines ...., Religious Zealots, Sugar, Bananas, Coaling Stations, Sponsorship of Coups, You might consider the inter-relationships of European Monarchs to the Organization of the Mafia. And European Wars to Mafia Wars. What England and USA did to China in the Opium Wars, in the name of: you guessed it: Markets for our goods! At that time, who were the enemy of the Chinese? They sure trade with the enemy! Who created North/South Korea? North/South Vietnam? How were so many country’s future FOREVER changed by our actions? Who got the Chinese population off opium? Not a debate, just a point of view, I'll say no more.
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