Unusual countries for audio gear

@tony1954 I love Canada. By indoor weather, I meant no pressure to be outside and nerds can sit in their labs and design cool audio gear.

My point is look at other data. Climate, GPD, education, cultural data, etc. Just the climate alone is a great indicator for e.g. capita per speaker companies. Look at Canada, they have indoor weather throughout most of the year, and they have proportionately more hifi companies. Scandinavia - look at weather and the long winter, they have more companies than France while a fraction of the population. 

Austria with 9 million people and major brands? Look at their history of composers.

How many hifi companies in Africa? Is it a mystery? Not at all. To me Estonia is not a surprise at all. What is more surprising is countries with no hifi brand, that would be a better question to me. But your question, your interest is your proragative, it's just my opinion....

it's like unusual countries for food. Nothing is unusual about any country for audio gear. Just look at a climate map and you will find direct correlation to audio tech.   

How is Switzerland unusual?

@tony1954 it wasn’t an apology. It was an explanation. I honestly didn’t say anything offensive. I meant it in a positive way. I am perfectly aware of the climate and weather and geography of Canada. I have been to all over Canada, US and Europe. It’s simply a feature of the latitude where Canadians live that they have more indoor time. It is changing with climate change so there is that. I praised Canada for producing awesome audio gear. Yes, it is stereotyping and generalizing when in one sentence I talk about a county's climate in generic terms, when it has a diverse geography and climate and extreme. Does it rain a lot in Vancouver? Is it colder in Montreal than in Southern California? I think I have a point....

@foggyus91 Switzerland is also well known for innovation and precision, old tech (watches) new tech (geodesic equipment - Leica), to me it’s only natural they have hifi companies

you are the authority on most people @foggyus91? You are really just too wound up. In Europe, "most people" associate Switzerland with - well - everything I said. 

@chenry Pro-Ject is Austrian

overall, the former Eastern bloc is very tech and manufacturing oriented. Throw in culture, classical music culture, education, I am in no way surprised they have so many companies