I do not know how much research you have done on B&K but I was primed to purchase an AVR202 a few years back,did some internet searches and found audioreview.com and saw lots of praise for B&K's sound but tons of criticism for reliability.

As for the buying American I respect your patriotism but unfortunately most American companys DO NOT!! This is a good and bad thing, Americans could not meet the cost/performance objective . More than likely the American products you do purchase are only assembled in America by minimum wage immigrants from foreign parts.

[This message has been edited by Surrounded (edited March 09, 2002).]