I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment.

Tweaks, creative room treatment, upgrades like installing a dedicated 20 amp circuit ( some material would need to be purchased but most of the cost is labor) Making sure your speaker placement is perfect.  Some things that wouldn’t require the purpose of new gear.  Sticking to used gear, enjoying the music.  

It's starting to snow again. You can set your clock to it. 

My solution was to purchase my Canadian made Anthem STR Preamp from a US dealer trade-in stock.  Works great!

I see a lot of post that say buy US-made and all your problems will be solved. One only needs to look at when the Soviet Union closed ranks and created an iron curtain. How one could think that the same thing would not happen in the US is a complete fool. how many of us on this site Chase after Soviet era Hifi gear? Iron curtain products were crap. Why do you think they were so excited when they got a pair of Levi’s? So yes, it will be American made, but without any competition…

I have written these three words before, “pain and suffering”. I think to a higher or lesser degree we will all experience this. For myself I know I can mitigate this by being content with my gear, my house , my family and my own peace away from the madness. We are here now. It does not matter who you voted for, this is the situation you find yourself in. I feel bad for farmers and their families and many others caught in the net. For the music listening experience I can find some peace…for now. I had mentioned before that in the 80’s while a young American serviceman I was asked by some German friends why Americans are so ignorant about world affairs, their own history and the political landscape and I was naive and offended by these questions. Now all these years later I realize they were right. Americans are not engaged and that’s why they get led around like dumb sheep. Germans learned the hard way that if they don’t pay attention a madman will take over.