It just occurred to me that despite living in the west (Caribbean and North America) all my life (so far) I hardly know any entry level North American Brands... Since I suspect I'm not the only one in this position, I figured it'd be nice to start a thread to help share the knowledge...

So if you're a young cat new to the audio game, where would you start your search???

I'm looking for ENTRY LEVEL (i.e. affordable a.k.a cheap)... Brands that compete with NAD, Cambridge Audio, Marantz and Rotel... so think $300 to MAX $1.5K... preferably brands with products under $1K and better yet, under $500....

So let me start with the few I know:

Electronics:

PS Audio (the Trio Series starts at $995)
Parasound
Channel Islands Audio (IMO, A Silly name for an American Brand)
NAD (Owned by A Canadian Company now I believe... so I guess it now qualifies)

Speakers:

PSB
Magnepan
Revel (Concerta Series)
Paradigm
Axiom
Aperion
Energy
Totem