Vacuumstate.com is swiss-australian I guess, tube amps preamps phono...etc.
Forsell is also Swiss.
Mind me I do find this Nationalism in audio a bit ridiculous, coming from a country with no audio manufacturers, (well maybe a couple) I am all over the place French speakers, English amps, Swiss transport, US DAC...etc. Whatever sounds good.
One can make a mix to get better results, remember too much of a good thing... Pure bred Dogs turn out a bit retarded, and the nicest looking girls are mostly a mix of races.
I do have a bunch of non-audio friends with whole Kenwood racks! they swear by it, maybe you will like that too.