[George from New England]

I have a pair of JBL studio monitors that are over 40 years old. Still great. 3-way with 12”

[mad_as_he$$]

US made? Good luck.

Monitoring this thread for suggestions.

[George from New England]

For amps I still use some 40 year old ones.

A Ramko, and a Revox A77 internal amp.

[Celerity]

I know a unicorn that’s selling one.

Your best bet at this point is to go to dine estate sales and get the old stuff.

When it comes to electronics I include Japanese and German stuff because at least they are our allies.

[rarestia]

I can’t recommend Schiit products enough:

https://www.schiit.com/

I use their Modi DAC for my gaming PC with a Vali amp to my Beyerdynamic DT770 headphones.

Their products and designed and made in the US in both Texas and California.

[George from New England]

Look online for gear from decades ago. Stay in the analog world of course. MOS FET good, power transistors tend to saturate and die.

[Red Badger]

https://hiconsumption.com/best-usa-made-audio-brands/

[proxy_user]

There are plenty of amps made in the US, but they’re rather expensive. I’m partial to Van Alstine myself. They just came out with a new lower-price model, and everything is made in Minnesota.

[Alas Babylon!]

Harmon Kardon used to be all USA made, but where bought in 2016 by Samsung, the Korean company.

I don’t know if they are all made in South Korea now, but they’re stuff was so good and older model might be a good investment.

All of my HK HIFI gear I bought in the 1970s and 80s, and they still work beautifully.

[George from New England]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/274982941513

[Muhammy]

check your pm mail

[1Old Pro]

that is made in the USA, not China.

Try Japan, Denon or Yamaha

[FlyingEagle]

Go on Ebay and find a Marantz 2270 - rebuilt.

[old-ager]

Consider an older plain analog amplifier. You don’t have to buy something with tubes.

You would have to forget class D in this case. But at the low power you need, that doesn’t matter.

Or, I think you can find a kit.

Finally, you could just build something from a schematic.

I will post specifics later if I get time.

[taxcontrol]

https://www.digitfield.com/best-stereo-amplifiers-under-500/

[The Louiswu]

Thanks everyone. This info is a huge help. I’m sure I’ll be able to find something that will be great.

[minnesota_bound]

What type of music? Kenny G or Abba or Olivia Newton John?
Or heavy metal!

[Lockbox]

Look on Ebay, they have older, used high end stereos. I have purchased Adcom and NAD off Ebay with no issues.

[bagadonutz]

I second the recommendation for Schiitt and Audio by Van Alstine products. Van Alstine is great but I don't know if he is producing any Class D amps.

Personally, I wanted to dive into Class D and found that a lot of high end amps (claiming to be USA made) are using IcePower amps in their product. Ice Power is a Danish company but my guess is they source their manufacturing in Asia (but I could be mistaken). I built 2 monoblock amps around the 500ASP module - found all the parts in kits online. Parts Express carries the IcePower amp in the USA. I am very happy with the sound.

[DuncanWaring]

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