Who owns speakers which are NOT British?

Denmark, and very good they are.

Mine are from Finland. (Penaudio)

Mine are from the US. Revel. Fantastic speakers. Heard them at a dearer but Didn't get to hear them in my system. Took a punt and they're brilliant. 

Sweden. Guru Juniors.

Denmark and Canada (Dali and PSB).

Main speakers remain British.

PSB gold stratus i on 2nd second system.

Germany, Lansche Audio No 3.1

US of A. Shahinian, or as my mate calls them, Shananigons.

gmischol posted:

Germany, Lansche Audio No 3.1

I love the look of Lansche's, How do they sound, that plasma tweeter is interesting.

For many years, but on a Linn system I once had, US Bose 901s. Oddly good combo.

Problem is many of the so called British speakers are made from parts from overseas,   SEAS, Scanspeak, Audax etc,  & same with capacitors & other parts.    My own speakers are very brit, being my own design & "voiced" by me to be correct in my room,  but the important parts are Swedish & French & I expect a few far east other parts as well.

Dynaudio - Denmark. 

Mike-B posted:

Problem is many of the so called British speakers are made from parts from overseas,   SEAS, Scanspeak, Audax etc,  & same with capacitors & other parts.    My own speakers are very brit, being my own design & "voiced" by me to be correct in my room,  but the important parts are Swedish & French & I expect a few far east other parts as well.

I expect the question is more about design than component sourcing. Speakers designed in the UK for, what may or may not correctly be called a British sound.

I once read a US hi-fi article that describe British made speakers as the audio equivelent of just four walls and a roof and nothing else. It wasn't meant as an insult. I think it was a review of some Harbeth's and the sentiment was the Brits get down to the meat and potatoes of speaker design sparing no thought at all for making expensive speakers actually look expensive - just sound expensive.

Shahinian - USA

Totem Sttafs from Canada. 

Another Shahinian fan (USA). Best speakers I've ever heard or owned, especially for large classical orchestra although also fantastic for jazz, trance, piano and cello... and the rest....

Focal, so French and before that Guru Juniors from Sweden.  The last British speakers I owned were Heybrook HB1s

French Focals for me too, on both main stereo system and home theatre system.

feeling_zen posted:

I expect the question is more about design than component sourcing. Speakers designed in the UK for, what may or may not correctly be called a British sound.

Yes I understood that as the same,  but I thought I might just poke it in that in reality there are very few all component british speaker makers. That said I think there are probably more british speaker brands that any other when compared to other countries & populations.

Focals for me too.But do keep the flag flying with Rogers and Quad.

Another Shaninian fan with Compass on my main system and Larcs on a Uniti mk 1 system. 

British for me.

Apart from the specific "British" sound, the dominance of British speakers is also due to the fact that Britain still has a strong hifi industry, which means extensive choice (and many connoisseurs). France has quite a few speaker manufacturers, most of whom are almost unknown outside France (Mulidine, JM Reynaud, PM Léon, etc.).

On my 3rd set of US Magneplanars in my main system.

However, I do use British Ruark Solstices and Rogers Studio 9 Pro (well, Rogers was British when these speakers were developed) in my AV and bedroom systems respectively.

When is a British company no longer British? Given that B & W are now, strictly speaking, an American company, should they be excluded from the list? In this ever mutating global economy I personally believe the question would have to be limited to British design, rather than any elements of manufacture or components.

French Focal 1028s