What components are manufactured in the U.S.A.?


Long time no see...I know. Sorry.

I've been hanging out in Economics forums for the last couple years. One thing that comes up over and over by the people in these forums is that we don't make *anything* here in the U.S. anymore and *definitely* not audio equipment.

I'm not trying to bash any country or foster an atmosphere of geocentricity in this thread. I myself have components from all over the world.

I just want to be able to point them to this thread so they can see it. I suspect most of them have never even been introduced to high end audio even though they are a bunch of engineers and techies so we might get lucky and get some of them on board so they can see what they are missing...even at the entry level...like me.

I'm not just looking for American manufacturers but the specific components that are made with U.S. labor. I recently purchased a Martin Logan sub and was surprised that it was made in China rather than Kansas.

It would also be great if people could put the rough price category so that the newbies who see this thread can see that there are reasonably priced components and stratoshperically priced ones.

Thanks for your replies in advance...much appreciated...and enjoy your systems wherever in the world you might be!

Ellery
ellery911
I believe that Atma-Sphere is manufactured in house (St. Paul, Minnesota), by Ralph Karsten and his rather fine staff.
There are too many to mention. We'll be here all day naming them. Honestly I think the list of products made outside of the US will be shorter.
Isn't Oppo a subsidiary of KBB Electronics? That would make them much more that just Chinese built.

I'm surprised, no one seems to have mentioned PASS LABS so far.

Hah, and now for something completely different:
SONICS, designed in Germany by Joachim Gerhard, just moved manufacturing to Berkeley, CA.
Speakers:
Green Mountain Audio
Merlin Music
PBN Montana
GR Research

Cables:
Audio Magic
Marigo Audio
XLO
TARA Labs
Synergistic Research
MIT
Nordost
Luminous Audio Tech

CDP:
Wadia
Theta
Krell

Amps:
Krell
Modjeski Music Reference
TRL
Jolida (manuf in China, designed in USA)
Cary & AES
Dodd Audio
Audio Research