Made in the USA

[knight1fox3]

Speaking of electronics:

ATI amplifiers are made in the USA . I have had one driving my home theater now for 13 years, flawlessly. It cannot be be over-driven. A great amp: http://www.ati-amp.com/home.php

Unfortunately, my speakers (NHT) and subwoofers (Velodyne), which are excellent and were made in the USA , are now manufactured elsewhere, from what I understand. There are plenty of companies though that still make speakers and subwoofers in the USA .

My surround processor is supposedly designed in the USA (Outlaw Audio), and then manufactured elsewhere (China or Korea - not sure).

I also have a titanium frame road bike frame from the US, but all the components are Japanese. That's about it, though. I used to be very careful to find quality stuff that was made in the US, but it became too hard, and all my favorites (see above) decided they couldn't compete, either, so I just gave up.

A fellow audiophile, I see!

I was just thinking that. Who knew D was an audiophile.

 

[mudpuppy]

Speaking of electronics:

ATI amplifiers are made in the USA . I have had one driving my home theater now for 13 years, flawlessly. It cannot be be over-driven. A great amp: http://www.ati-amp.com/home.php

My ATI amp almost burned down my house. I had it cranked one night, the music started crackling and both of my cats ran out of the room. Soon I realized why as smoke was pouring out of the entertainment center. And I don't mean a couple wisps of smoke, but enough to fill the house. I ran and grabbed the fire extinguisher but ended up just unplugging it. After several hours of airing out the house (which wasn't fun because it was below freezing outside) I opened it up and found the fuse was not blown but a bunch of the output transistors were fried and the circuit board was charred. Fortunately I was home and hadn't stepped out to go to the store or something because I wouldn't be surprised if it could have caught the house on fire if left unchecked, as it was in a wood entertainment center. I believe the cooling fan failed as the previous owned had had some issues with the fan, but the amp had no other failsafe. It was not UL listed.

I would definitely recommend against ever buying anything from ATI.

On the other hand, I love my old Velodyne subwoofer. USA

Hang on, I have to retract everything I said about ATI. . . I had an ABI amp, not ATI. ATI is awesome USA .

 

[iwire]

Crate and Barrel Couch or Sofa..they have Made in North Carolina ( USA ) couch

 

[Dleg]

Speaking of electronics:

A fellow audiophile, I see!

I was just thinking that. Who knew D was an audiophile.

I WAS an audiophile. Marriage and children cured me of that! That's why my amp and subwoofers are so old, but the good thing is that they still work flawlessly. My Velodynes can almost cause loss of bowel control, given the right material Although I did recently pick up the new, cheap Outlaw pre/pro, but I haven't installed it yet (my 990 is still working so well I almost wonder why I pulled the trigger on the new one).

Speaking of electronics:

ATI amplifiers are made in the USA . I have had one driving my home theater now for 13 years, flawlessly. It cannot be be over-driven. A great amp: http://www.ati-amp.com/home.php

My ATI amp almost burned down my house. I had it cranked one night, the music started crackling and both of my cats ran out of the room. Soon I realized why as smoke was pouring out of the entertainment center. And I don't mean a couple wisps of smoke, but enough to fill the house. I ran and grabbed the fire extinguisher but ended up just unplugging it. After several hours of airing out the house (which wasn't fun because it was below freezing outside) I opened it up and found the fuse was not blown but a bunch of the output transistors were fried and the circuit board was charred. Fortunately I was home and hadn't stepped out to go to the store or something because I wouldn't be surprised if it could have caught the house on fire if left unchecked, as it was in a wood entertainment center. I believe the cooling fan failed as the previous owned had had some issues with the fan, but the amp had no other failsafe. It was not UL listed.

I would definitely recommend against ever buying anything from ATI.

On the other hand, I love my old Velodyne subwoofer. USA

Hang on, I have to retract everything I said about ATI. . . I had an ABI amp, not ATI. ATI is awesome USA .

Whew! You had me a little worried there.

That reminds me of a story from first year engineering school. One of my friends in the dorm purchased some "300 watt speakers" from a guy in a van at the car wash. He brought them back to the dorm and hooked them up to his roommate's stereo system and invited us all in for the awesomeness. The had 3-inch cones, IIRC, so I wasn't prepared to be impressed, and sure enough they sounded like ****. He put Scorpions on the turntable and began cranking it up (we're talking fall1986 here). At about 4 on the volume control, the left speaker literally blew off the shelf, with a coil of wire trailing out behind it.

That was so cool.

 

[Supe]

Let me know how you like the new Outlaw pre/pro. I was considering one for the living room, but think I will pass for a cheap all-in-one since it will be in stereo only, and I don't have much shelf space. One day I'll bite the bullet in the theater room, bump from 5.1 to 7.1 and pick up one of the new Dolby Atmos setups, though all these new formats are overrated unless you deliberately bump up the rear channels for effect.

 

[Dleg]

^Will do, but like I said it's still in the box. I just need to get motivated to hook it up and try it out. It's not like I'll be missing anything with it, since the older 990 doesn't have all that many bells and whistles, but it sounds so good I am afraid to mess with it. It would be nice to get rid of all those component cables, though, with the HDMI set up.

 

[P-E]

I have an Adcom amp, Rotel pre amp, Rotel tuner and Klipsh speakers. After Wife and child the stuff sits in the entertainment center hardly used.

 

[Supe]

I built the movie theater to address that in the upstairs bonus room. Still, it doesn't satisfy my audiophile lust, as a theater setup is not ideal. I built a set of TriTrix for the mains and center, and have a much underutilized set of rears that I built years ago using Usher drivers, which I may eventually move downstairs.

Some day after all of the building race cars and home renovations is complete, I will build a set of Sonus Faber Stradivari clones, which I still think is one of the most beautiful speakers ever built. I figured out some years back that the best way to do it would be to have MDF waterjet/cnc routed, and then stack/glue the pieces for the bulk of the cabinet construction. The front and back would then get banded veneer to make the horizontal "planks." Drivers are all Seas, and based on a design by Troels Graveson, who has the best DIY speakers I've ever seen.

 

[iwire]

Miss U.S.A...

Made in the U.S.A. USA

Where can I buy one? :

 

[Supe]

^^^ They're on the shelf behind the winning lotto tickets.

 

[knight1fox3]

My so-called "theater" in the basement consists of (2) floor-standing 15" E-series Cerwin-Vega speakers.

Got them in college when we moved out of the dorms so that we had quality audio for "get-togethers". Also in the same series I picked up the largest CV center channel and surrounding 15" bookshelf surround speakers. Later on I acquired a CV 12" powered sub (front-fired) which can really hammer. I figured I was still going to need some additional punch so I also found a nice floor-firing Jensen 12" sub that also sounds great.

At the time I had the 2nd in-line best Pioneer receiver. That thing could really push all the speakers. And lasted through all our "get-togethers". Which was funny because during those, I'd have to put a small fan on the AVR to keep it cool while playing the entire evening. If finally started to act up around 11 year mark. So I eventually replaced it with something that was more advanced and had the HDMI interface. Went with one of the Pioneer ELITE AVRs. Again, another awesome AVR in my opinion. Great sound and easy OSD configuration too.

 

[matt267 PE]

Thayers Natural Remedies, Alcohol-free toner Unscented Witch Hazel = "Made in the USA with only American ingredients."

 

[MechE_in_PA_PE]

Good luck finding toys made in the ol' US of A. I played a game one time with my boys called "where is your toy made?". I challenged them to find one NOT made in China. After several dozen trys they finally found a car made in Malaysia (sp?).

Check these out got em for my nephews:
http://www.greentoys.com/

 

[matt267 PE]

Awesome find MechE.

 

[Just Some Guy P.E.]

My old lady ain't made in the USA , but since she can cook and do laundry, I'll probably let her slide.

 

[iwire]

I want to buy sofa made in USA ....especially High Point NC but I can't find a good source without paying arm and leg. Crate and Barrel has them but they are expensive

I need to get rid of my Ikea garbage!

 

[matt267 PE]

I want to buy sofa made in USA ....especially High Point NC but I can't find a good source without paying arm and leg. Crate and Barrel has them but they are expensive

I need to get rid of my Ikea garbage!

http://www.la-z-boy.com/Furniture/Made-In-America/

Those prices are high though.

 

[snickerd3]

^i was going to say lazboy or ashley are made in america i thought.

the lazyboy recliners are awesome, their sofas are like a soft heaven to sleep on but have crappy wooden framing....like skinny little 2x2's

 

[matt267 PE]

^i was going to say lazboy or ashley are made in america i thought.

the lazyboy recliners are awesome, their sofas are like a soft heaven to sleep on but have crappy wooden framing....like skinny little 2x2's

That could come in handy.

 

[engineergurl]

I want to buy sofa made in USA ....especially High Point NC but I can't find a good source without paying arm and leg. Crate and Barrel has them but they are expensive

I need to get rid of my Ikea garbage!

Road trip it? Stickly has a factory in NY I think too I think...