How International Is Your System?

Bass and mid-range drivers - USA
Plasma tweeters - Germany
Horn, bass cab - Japan
Turntable - UK
Tonearms - Denmark, UK
Cartridges - Japan
Electronic crossover - Japan
Preamp, tube power amps - Switzerland
Bass amp - USA
Tape recorders - Switzerland (Nagra, Revox)
Tape head preamp, all cables - DIY (Hong Kong, since I live there !)
DAC - USA
 
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USA
(DAC, all cables, loudspeakers)

Germany
(reclocker, preamp, power amp)

Canada
(CD transport)
 
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Speakers = Australia
Active crossover = Australia
Power amplifiers = Australia
Equipment racks = Australia
Phono preamps = USA
DAC/preamp = USA
Interconnects = Netherlands
Speaker cables = USA
Turntable = Germany
Tonearms = Germany
Stereo cartridge = Germany
Mono cartridge = Japan
Power cables = UK
Power conditioning = UK
 
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USA
Pre-Amp, Amps, Speakers, DAC, Phono Pre, cabling, room treatments

Canada
Power Conditiioning

Japan
Turntable
TV

Switzerland
Cartridge

China
BluRay (oppo)
Many of the parts and materials for all of the above
 
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Brazil
Canadada
China
England
Denmark
France
Italy
Germany
Japan
Taiwan
USA
 
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Swiss--preamp, amps, active isolation
Japanese----(2) turntables, (2) cartridges, CD transport, clock, (2) tone arms, (3) anti static devices
Spanish---dac and server + power supplies.
USA---tape decks + tape preamps, speakers, speaker cables, interconnects, power cables, isolation transformer, grounding boxes, tone arm, phono
pre + SUT, footers for racks
Dutch---tone arm, resonance platforms, power supplies for active isolation
English---phono cables, footers for digital, power cable
Canadian--racks
Lithuania--cartridge
Swedish--grounding boxes
 
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Main system:

USA - speakers , preamp, power amp, interconnect cable , speaker cables ,power cables , power strip , plug in power conditioning , racks, cable risers
France - CD player
Canada - integrated amp, power conditioner
China - integrated amp, power plug in conditioner
Russia - RCA interconnect cable
Japan - supertweeters

2nd system:

Austria - integrated amp
France - Speakers
USA - DAC, speaker cables, digital SPDIF, power cables ,plug in power conditioner, power strip, amp stands , cable risers
Canada - CD transport, power conditioner
Russia - RCA interconnect cable, AES/EBU digital cable
Japan - supertweeters
 
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Speakers = Norway
Power amplifiers = Norway
Preamp = Norway
Equipment rack = Denmark
Phono preamps = Germany, Japan, Denmark
Interconnects = USA
Speaker cables = USA
Power cables = USA
Turntable = Germany, Japan, UK, Denmark
Tonearms = Germany, UK
Stereo cartridge = Japan, Holland
Mono cartridge = Japan
Power conditioning = Norway, UK, Germany
 
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Speakers - British made from Troels Graveson design
Streamer - Australia
DAC - Britain
Amplifier - Germany
Cables - a mixture between Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands
Rack - Austria
 
Germany: Turntable, Phono Pre, Pre-Amp
Italy: Power Amplifiers.
Hungary, Integrated Tube Amplifier.
Russia: All Tubes.
Lithuania: DAC, Power Cables, Power Conditioning
Japan: Cartridges, Power Conditioning.
UK: Speaker Cable, Ethernet Filter
Canada: Power Cable and tone arm wire.
USA, Speakers, Speaker Cable, Sub Woofer, Sub Woofer Cable, IC's, USB, USB Clock, Ethernet Cable, F/O Cable, Power Distribution, SDFB, Power Conditioning, Room Treatments-Diffusion.
Portugal : Sever/Streamer
Taiwan: LPS and Ethernet Switch/Media Converter. SFP's.
Sweden: EQ Rack.
France: Headphones
 
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England - Speakers, Turntable, Phono, Power conditioner, Hi-fi Rack
Japan - Amplifier, Cables, Cartridge, Tonearm, isolation tweaks
Switzerland - Dac
Poland - Tonearm Cable
 
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USA: speakers, cables, power conditioner, equipment rack, amplification.
Hungary: headphone amp.
Romania: headphones.
Germany: turntable, tonearm, cartridge.
Japan: cassette deck.
UK: DAC and CD player.
 
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Not very, all UK built if you ignore components within the original build, except for the turntables which are UK, US, and a Swiss modified with Dutch components. Arms are UK, German and Austrian and cartridges are from Denmark, UK and Japan though one of the latter has been modified by a Frenchman.
 
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USA. Speakers, Power Cords/Power Conditioning Products.

Denmark. CD Player, Integrated Amplifier.

South Korea. XLR/Speaker Cables.

UK. Component Rack, Resonance/Vibration Control Products, Earth Grounding, Acoustic Treatment.

Sweden Signal Grounding.
 
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Czech Republic - Pre and Power Amplifiers
Netherlands - Speakers and IC’s
New Zealand - Media Server Player
Taiwan - Linear Power Supplies, SACD player
Germany - TT
USA - cables, power accessories, racks, room treatments, subs
 
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