Unusual countries for audio gear

@foggyus91 

Thanks for the compliment about my adopted country, which by and large is hot!

One of the themes here is that cold climates might induce more thoughtful designs.  I found out through this forum that the coveted Dohmann turntables are from Melbourne, which is renowned for getting four seasons in one day.  On the other hand, our snow fields are bigger than Switzerland but give no signs of spawning any HiFi startups

I dont know if we can count Yoruba talking drum as a piece of audio...

Certainly not, It is a musical instrument...

But the best book on acoustics i ever read was written by a Nigerian acoustician Akpen J. Essien who play also the Yoruba talking drum and was inspired by it to wrote his doctorate revolutionary thesis on acoustics...

After revolutionizing acoustics is there an audio company in Nigeria, i doubt it ?  But who knows if  it takes  someone from Nigeria to understand acoustics ....

@foggyus91 

Not relevant here, but rather surprisingly, Australia does export snow-making machines to Switzerland.  Climate change is making snowfall less reliable in both countries.

On the Supercars, they started as genuine production cars you could buy at car dealers.  The slogan was "Win at Bathurst on Sunday, buy on Monday".  So we had the fastest 4-door production cars in the world you could actually buy

My office in Canberra was bang in the middle of the parliamentary triangle and across the road from Parliament House.  For two years in a row, the Supercars raced right there, but winter in Canberra is too cold for the punters and we gave up holding that race!

New Zealand has had Perreaux and Plinius for a very long time.

More recently, Antipodes, Mad Scientist.

I would look at the Gato Audio direct to consumer out of Copenhagen. Absolutely stellar stuff. For example, I own the 150 integrated amplifier and it is absolutely astounding for about 5k. Used to be close to 9k when they had distribution and dealers to pay for.