Question Which UK-made speakers?

[Blacksabbath25]

Well did we end up getting a totally UK made speaker then

 

[Sanglier]

Well did we end up getting a totally UK made speaker then

Thanks for asking. I'm still out of the country so no, won't be auditioning/buying until mid-October at the earliest.
Re UK made, the outlook is bleak: it seems that only high end floorstanders are still made in UK by a few manufacturers, and the medium sized standmount speakers (B&W606S3, Acoustic Energy 300/2) I've decided are probably most suitable for my living room (5.36m x 3.8m) seem designed in UK but put together in the PRC. So I'll have to bow to market forces. Depressing, but a fact of life. I assembled my first modest hi-fi setup in the 1970s and it was all UK made, with the possible exception of the cartridge on my SME 3009/II tone arm.
(I was employed in photo/hi-fi retail around 1970 when Black Sabbath started: afraid I didn't like them then, and metal has got even worse since!)
rgds S

 

[RayP]

@Sanglier , Spendor are based in Sheffield and their loudspeakers are home made. Probably explains why they’re so expensive but they are extremely good.

 

[Blacksabbath25]

Thanks for asking. I'm still out of the country so no, won't be auditioning/buying until mid-October at the earliest.
Re UK made, the outlook is bleak: it seems that only high end floorstanders are still made in UK by a few manufacturers, and the medium sized standmount speakers (B&W606S3, Acoustic Energy 300/2) I've decided are probably most suitable for my living room (5.36m x 3.8m) seem designed in UK but put together in the PRC. So I'll have to bow to market forces. Depressing, but a fact of life. I assembled my first modest hi-fi setup in the 1970s and it was all UK made, with the possible exception of the cartridge on my SME 3009/II tone arm.
(I was employed in photo/hi-fi retail around 1970 when Black Sabbath started: afraid I didn't like them then, and metal has got even worse since!)
rgds S

Unfortunately you will be hard pressed to buy a totally 100% made speaker in the UK it maybe constructed here but some of the components would have been sourced outside the UK its just a fact of life now .

And you would be missing out on a good speaker that's made outside the UK so keep your options open .

 

[JoelSim]

I know. It's tragic.

If they were made here then they'd be much more expensive, and therefore wouldn't be cost competitive, meaning B&W would struggle and possibly go out of business.

It is what it is.

 

[The_Lecht_Rocks]

AlChris Audio.
About as responsibly British as one could ask for.
And sublime too

Similarly, perhaps more so, ATC !

 

[Sanglier]

Unfortunately you will be hard pressed to buy a totally 100% made speaker in the UK it maybe constructed here but some of the components would have been sourced outside the UK its just a fact of life now .

And you would be missing out on a good speaker that's made outside the UK so keep your options open .

Thanks, yes, I'm aware of the pros & cons, and the economic arguments. I'm well travelled, international in outlook, and I've owned a wide variety of kit made outside the UK. I'd just prefer not to buy stuff made in China, though it seems as if I'll probably have to.

 

[RoA]

Thanks for asking. I'm still out of the country so no, won't be auditioning/buying until mid-October at the earliest.
Re UK made, the outlook is bleak: it seems that only high end floorstanders are still made in UK by a few manufacturers, and the medium sized standmount speakers (B&W606S3, Acoustic Energy 300/2) I've decided are probably most suitable for my living room (5.36m x 3.8m) seem designed in UK but put together in the PRC. So I'll have to bow to market forces. Depressing, but a fact of life. I assembled my first modest hi-fi setup in the 1970s and it was all UK made, with the possible exception of the cartridge on my SME 3009/II tone arm.
(I was employed in photo/hi-fi retail around 1970 when Black Sabbath started: afraid I didn't like them then, and metal has got even worse since!)
rgds S

You could do the unthinkable and buy used, all made in the UK.

 

[Blacksabbath25]

Thanks, yes, I'm aware of the pros & cons, and the economic arguments. I'm well travelled, international in outlook, and I've owned a wide variety of kit made outside the UK. I'd just prefer not to buy stuff made in China, though it seems as if I'll probably have to.

Its not all from China i think Dali make the higher end models in house in Denmark like Drivers, Cabinets i would say 80% of the speaker made in that factory . so in house the make the Rubicon which the Rubikore replaced that model Opticon , Menuet , Epicon , Epikore , Kore but very expensive but Dali worth a look .