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Where do your “bits” originate?

Where do your “bits” originate?

  • UK

    Votes: 110 86.6%

  • USA

    Votes: 40 31.5%

  • EU

    Votes: 51 40.2%

  • China

    Votes: 25 19.7%

  • Japan

    Votes: 50 39.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 23 18.1%
  • Total voters
    127
monya

monya

pfm Member
Curious to know the origin of your hifi. In the poll can you add per item eg if 3 bits are from the UK vote 3 times for UK. Hope this works! Include cables if known.
I think I’d be reluctant going forward to buy gear from the EU unless there’s a strong UK distributor - too much hassle if something has to be returned for repair....

im not sure this is going to work as I can’t seem to do multiple votes.....
 
I assume the Cambridge Audio DAC/pre is UK built, as is the Sony DVD. Quad Studio monitors - don't know.

It has never been something I fret about.
 
monya said:
I think I’d be reluctant going forward to buy gear from the EU unless there’s a strong UK distributor
Click to expand...

EU is no different to the ROW, since Jan 1st. Besides, where a brand is registered means nowt.

I voted UK as most of it is that - in terms of cost, maybe 80%. Otherwise, Denmark, Germany, USA and Japan, in no particular order.
 
Amp -EU. Speakers - USA . Preamp - USA CD player - USA Turntable - EU. Cables mostly USA. Headamp - USA Cd transport - Canada.
 
Mostly European stuff, because you can always find parts.
How about a transformer for a 45 year-old Quad amp?
 
Manly UK (vintage Quad, Leak, Tannoy, SME, JR, plus Rega, DPA, Audio Synthesis, Spendor, Falcon). Switzerland (vintage Thorens). France (Verdier). Japan (Marantz, Nagaoka, plus vintage Sony, Akai, Technics). Netherlands (Van den Hull). USA (VPI). Germany (Ortofon).

FWIW I consciously try to avoid China as far as audio goes as it is a dictatorship and very far from green, but my TV system Cambridge Blu-Ray is made there (as I assume is the Sony TV), plus there’s another Cambridge CD player in the spares pile.
 
Technics SL-1200G (Japan)
Audio Technica VM-540ML (Japan)
Quad 99 CDP-2 (UK or China, not sure)
Roon Nucleus (China)
Google Chromecast (China)
Quad 34 (UK)
Quad 33 (UK)
Quad 303 (UK)
Falcon LS3/5a (UK)
Solidsteel SS7 speaker stands (Italy)
Hi-Fi Racks stand (UK)
Beyerdynamic DT-990 (Germany)
Wychwood Audionics mainsblock (UK)
 
Listing this, I think I have a problem with too much stuff but at least I'm open minded about where it comes from ;)

French Amplifier - Devialet
Italian Speakers - Sonus Faber
American cables - Audioquest
Canadian Foo - Isoacoustics
British Dac (but must be made somewhere in the far East) - Meridian
Chinese amplifier? - Amptastic
British speakers - Neat
British turntable/cart/phono - Rega
Japanese amplifier - Accuphase
British speakers - Neat
British cables - Tellurium Q
Italian speaker stands - Solidsteel
Chinese streamer - Chromecast
Chinese amplifier - SMSL
British speakers - Rega
 
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I don’t seem to be able to vote multiple times for the same selection but I have about 24 items here, all designed and manufactured in the UK!
 
Amp, tuner, CD - Cyrus (UK).
Turntable, phono amp, headphone amp - Rega (UK).
Speakers - Kudos (UK).
Interconnects - Atlas (UK).
Cartridge - Ortofon (Denmark).
Speaker cables - Audioquest (USA).
 
TT--- Germany
Arms--Germany Latvia
Cartridge--Japan
CD---- UK
Tuner--Canada
Phono---UK-Tron/ Whest
Speakers--UK
Pre-----Germany
Power---France
Speaker Cable--USA
Interconnects --UK Hand Made
 
I'm truly global, ticking all the boxes...

Sources are UK/Japan (vinyl), Japan (cd/dvd/bluray) and China (streamer)
DSP room correction is China
DAC/Pre is USA
Amp & Speakers are UK
Headphones are EU and USA
 
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