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10-30-2005, 01:30 AM
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High End American HiFi brands
Being British I'm used to listening and checking out a plethora of High End hifi brands e.g. Linn. I'm thinking about trying out something a little different and maybe going with an American brand for a change. The thing is, here the British magazines and websites only push our own stuff. So I ask, whats a good high end American hifi brand for me to check out. I'm specifically looking for CD players, Pre amps, Power amps and Monoblocks.
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10-30-2005, 01:47 AM
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Wadia
McIntosh
The above two are held in very high regards. I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of any others at the moment.
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10-30-2005, 01:59 AM
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I have the MK2 version of the Atma-sphere amp described in the link below. It has a couple of manufacturer upgrades and it has been all that I could ask for. For a preamp I would recommend the Ray Samuels Stealth. I have had it in my setup for sometime and it has given me many hours of pleasure.
http://www.atma-sphere.com/products/ma1.html
http://www.raysamuelsaudio.com/
Other manufacturers that I have listened extensively too and can recommend are Cary and the Theta Dreadnaught.
For CD Players I like Meridian and some of the Wadia pieces. But I guess you know of Meridian. I also like the Ayre CD player.
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audio research
boulder
ps audio
parasound
ayre
tact
pass labs
jeff rowland
krell
mark levinson
cary
mccormick
msb technology
spectral
wadia
that's all I can think of off the top of my head. I think I remember seeing a list of US high-end manufacturers somewhere before. See if you can google it.
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Well, if you're a musician (probably not) here's a great American company:
http://www.moogmusic.com
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Lexicon and Bel Canto Design rank very highly as well.
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10-30-2005, 04:27 AM
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Denon and Marantz don't count, do they? Like em anyway... and they bought out McIntosh, so they kind of count, I guess  .
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Classe (I know, Canadian)
SinglePower
Outlaw Audio
Grace Design
HeadRoom
Channel Islands (CI Audio)
Wilson Audio Labs (speakers, also look at Klipsch Audio)
Grado Labs (vinyl carts and interconnects)
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To add to those already mentioned:
Aerial Acoustics
Magnepan
Rockport Technologies
Martin Logan
Conrad-Johnson
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09-29-2008, 10:14 PM
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Radio Shack
Bose
Sound Design
Yorx
GTX
Scott
Fisher
Heathkit
RCA
Magnavox
Anything else is snake oil.
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09-29-2008, 10:18 PM
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hey, Realistic was amazing in the mid 1970's and early 1980's, and thats technically Radio Shack
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Is BAT an american company?
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09-30-2008, 03:23 AM
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given their addy is in Delaware, gonna say yes
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