In Reply to: American Made Audio posted by 4everyoung on July 16, 2016 at 01:48:35:
Hi Folks - This is my site and it's interesting to see the comments here. I'm a long-time Asylum lurker, but infrequent poster.
I created the site mainly because I'm interested in every detail of my system, including where it's made. I have a music blog and at one point posted my system which happened to be all US-made. I started posting other US brands I knew and the page became one of the most visited on the site.
Of course, there are wonderful components from all over the world, and I believe that global trade is healthy. Everyone will have their own reason for wanting to buy a particular component. For me, it's just one factor that I find particularly interesting, and truly some of the world's finest audio components come from American companies. There are other regions that I think would benefit from a similar site, I've had a surprising number of requests for a Canadian counterpart, for example.
I've learned that there is a tremendous amount of confusion and obfuscation in what audio companies claim. Before anyone comments further on "Made in USA" vs. "Assembled in USA" I would urge you to read my post describing the FTC guidelines: http://americanmadeaudio.com/2016/06/25/made-usa-standard-guidelines-audio-equipment-manufacturers-consumers/
I predict that one of the results of creating this site is that there will be more clarity and transparency about the creation of the components we love.
The site is new, and there are still a large number of companies to add. Thanks for the list above, there are a few that I haven't found yet. Every company gets a free listing with name, location, and product categories. You can imagine how much work it would be to maintain complete listings of over 150 companies with images and links, so I make those features available to companies for a small annual fee. This will help cover the fairly substantial costs of creating and maintaining the site.
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- RE: American Made Audio - johndark@me.com 10:20:53 07/16/16 (2)
- RE: American Made Audio - MannyE 19:33:29 07/16/16 (1)
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