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How international is your system?

I just realized that each of my components is from a different country (and they all seemingly get along fine!).

Wondering how international other people's systems are. Mine:

Scotland (turntable and cartridge)
Canada (phono pre)
England (CDP and tape deck)
New Zealand (integrated amp)
France (speakers)
Holland (ICs)
US (cables, cords)
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Nice (former) British Commonwealth system there, Ehoehn!
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With the Euro crashing, things might change. I might do some shopping when I'm over there in a couple of weeks.
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Rja,
what caused you to switch to Canadian cables? And just out of curiosity, which brands did you swithc to/from?
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Not much Chinese here, although some good tube amps are said to be available. I wonder if the weak dollar is changing buying habits.
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Looks like for former Commonwealth is doing pretty well here!
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Jond: The UN of sound, indeed! Well put!

Lugnut: all Linn?
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Well, quite varied!! I'm showing my Scottish birth by distinguishing Scotland from rest of UK. Looks like USA and Japan got the lion's share of the market, but an impressive array, nonetheless

OK, Lugnut, mum's the word!
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Picking up on what someone above said about cars, it seems that audio gear is much more "international" than just about any other consumer products. Of course, if we looked at the "Made In..." fine print, we might come to a different conclusion.
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unclejeff....

Cabasse speakers are French
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Runs that gamut, doesn't it?!
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Cloudgif... yes, I'm sure you're right! It's like the so-called European Airbus airliners that are actually composed of parts, including US engines, from all over the world (Korean fuselage, so I'm told). Same with our cars, I'm sure.
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Sad but true, Satch.
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cmk... quite a glorious cacophony you have there!! ;-)
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Pains this Scotsman to have dumped the Scottish components.. :-(
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That's pretty good, T bone! I hadn't thought about those other "components" such as spouse(s)! Taiwanese wife...
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Theo, that's about as mixed as it gets! Nice system!
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That's quite a lineup, Mrjstark.... 7 countries and 4 continents.
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Interesting that this thread still has some life! And great to see the ethnic diversity in our various systems!
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Inna, Garrard is a long-established British company. It's been around in one form or another for well over 200 years. Here's a website with an interesting timeline/history of the company: http://www.garrard501.com/history.html
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