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Best One Country System?

If you were to build a system from products originating from one country, what would you have in your system? Being from Canada, I was amazed at what great companies we have to choose from. Not having heard any of these products (a bit too pricey for me...but we can all dream!), this would be my CANADIAN system:

Amp/Preamp: Classe Audio (Bryston would be my second choice)
Cd Source: EMM Labs
Speakers: Verity Audio (Sarastro; Parsafal, etc)
PC's/Interconnects: Virtual Dynamics Revelation(made in, of all places, Barrhead, Alberta....my backyard!)

I'm guessing this system would sound good, if not spectacular! I'm curious what other ONE COUNTRY systems others can come up with....

Tony
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gregm
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For mainstream products--
France: Verdier La Platine + arm (TT)/ Audio-aero OR Audiomecca (digital)/ Jadis OR YBA (all electronics)/Cabasse La Sphere (spkrs) OR diy Supravox/Allion.

Switzerland: used Goldmund Ref OR refurbished Lenco75 (arm?)/ Goldmund Mimesis dac+ multi-transport / FM Acoustics (all electronics)/ FM Acoustics design (spkrs)

Germany: Gabriel + Schoeder Ref (TT) + Symphonic Line cartridge/ Burmester 969-970/061? Lindemann modded? mbl?/ riaa: asr/ amps: symphonic line 250 class A (stereo) OR Octave (tube)/ German Physics "Gaudi" OR Acapella Sphaeron Excalibur (spkrs).
gregm
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I thought Canada was covered by the thread iniator.
gregm
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Charles -- Sony is japanese. But, methinks there are SO many choices for a TOP US system that filtering it down to ONE is very tricky, to say the least.

For example, alternative TT could be the big Rockport or TNT;
Riaa filter / pre could be Vendetta, Blowtorch, the old JC designed Levinsons, the Pass Aleph, Boulder...

Speakers are too numerous to mention -- but I think you can do (even/much) better than Wilson 7 (some are, Wilson MAxx, big Genesis, older Avalon... I'm missing many). What about legendary designs: Klipsch for example...

Amps: wyetech, Levinson (the models you list), Wolcott, Boulder... very many others.

As for power "conditioning" there's always the technician down the road to wind you a 60amp 1:1 tranny -- or similar. It's heavy but it works for most things!
Cheers:)
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