[audioligist]

dooorman, only to be interrupted by "attention ???? shopper's, todays special...."   

but if you're in the zone even that can sound good.

letitrol, you got it and and glad you can get there.... i really blame some of my quirks based on the environment and i do not just mean the room,  you n]know that time of night when everyone kinda shuts it down, no cars whizzing by, your household has called it a night, the evening air has finally worked it's way into the house... my systems always starts sounding better then, and i do not think it is "warm up" time.

[Rclark]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but it fits your criteria. I hate to bring them up because I don't know anything about them, however Skiing Ninja offers mods for them which makes them worthy of consideration, and they were designed by some hi-falutin' long term audio designer, I forget his name..

Emotiva ERM's

http://emotiva.com/erm63.shtm

[srb]

I don't know if this has been mentioned but it fits your criteria. ..... Emotiva ERM's

I think the criteria is that they be North American manufactured or assembled.  Although they may (or may not) be a good speaker value, to the best of my knowledge the Emotiva speakers (and all Emotiva gear) is manufactured in China.
 
Steve

[mamba315]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and recommend the Shelby+Kroll Nano Monitors.

Checked out their website and read everything.  What made you purchase these?  Specs on the website are incomplete.  No reviews I could find.  Seems like a big gamble.  Well there is a 30 day guarantee I guess.

Interested in more on how they sound and what you have owned previously for comparison.  Where they excel, and where they do not, etc.

[JLM]

Don't forget all sorts of B-stock or used.  Some really good looking values over on Audiogon.com.

[Rclark]

I thought offshore was ok as long as they had headquarters here. It wasn't very clear. Oh well

[audioligist]

i'll take off shore parts and assembly as long as headquarters is on the N.American continent.

the list is now reflected in the original post

[skunark]

List moved to first post, so blanking my posts.

[Vapor Audio]

You had me on the list, but not anymore ... don't want anybody to be forgotten 

Vapor Audio - www.vaporsound.com

The Breeze is $999

[audioligist]

we'll get the vapors back on the list

[audioligist]

skunark, i think i accomplished what you wanted, and i think i have the code copied to th original post, or did you want the list i just winged.

i think there are couple others that need to get back on there, and then i can modify the list for those that make a $1000 speaker

[doug s.]

i'll take off shore parts and assembly as long as headquarters is on the N.American continent.

USA                                                Canada       
GR reasearch                                    Paradigm
Salk                                                PSB
Magnepan                                        Axiom
VMPS                                              Totem
Odyseey                                          Verity
Selah                                              Gershwin
Omega                                            Refernce 3A
Klipsch                                            Focus
Aperion                                           Sinclair
Polk                                                Gemme
Ascend                                            Angstrom
Vandersteen
Soundfield
Zu
Fritz
Tektron
Hawthorne
Ed's Horns
Von Schweikert
Nates Audio
Shelby Kroll
Emotiva
Vapor Sound

So far

personally, i would prefer buying from a foreign mfr; if a company headquartered in the usa won't at least assemble the parts here, i try to awoid them.  i don't mind buying imports; i mind buying from american companies that off-shore all the work.  let the companies who off-shore everything go out of business - good riddance.

ymmv,

doug s.

[timind]

personally, i would prefer buying from a foreign mfr; if a company headquartered in the usa won't at least assemble the parts here, i try to awoid them.  i don't mind buying imports; i mind buying from american companies that off-shore all the work.  let the companies who off-shore everything go out of business - good riddance.

ymmv,

doug s.

Good point. I know PSB has out sourced production to China, any others on the list?

[audioligist]

personally, i would prefer buying from a foreign mfr; if a company headquartered in the usa won't at least assemble the parts here, i try to awoid them.  i don't mind buying imports; i mind buying from american companies that off-shore all the work.  let the companies who off-shore everything go out of business - good riddance.

ymmv,

doug s.

this is a good point, we will have to modify the list to reflect such data,
wholly made
who imports their parts and assembles
who sends the whole enchilada offshore

[srb]

While you're editing your list:
 
GR reasearch is GR Research
Odyseey is Odyssey
Tektron is Tekton
Refernce 3A is Reference 3A

[audioligist]

think i have those corrected now...thx

[Bob in St. Louis]

What's listed as "Hawthorne" is actually "Hawthorne Audio".

.....since we're being accurate. 

[audioligist]

corrected... i think there are several in that same boat, missing words like "labs" and "acoustic" etc.

will correct as notified and as i pick up on them... thx

[Tubeburner]

Add Green Mountain Audio from Colorado Springs, CO. to the list for used value under $1000.

[skunark]

Sadly what is said about a certain manufacturers in these threads can be damaging, so if you have an article(s), picture or even if the website indicates the location of manufacturing of drivers, cross-overs or cabinets and assembly of speaker that would be useful.   I'm sure there are some US manufacturers that assemble with their own drivers, crossovers and cabinets, probably rare.  Perhaps some will assemble and make the crossovers, but the cabinets and drivers are made overseas, or some combination of that.   I always favor the brands that that detail this no matter where the product is made.   My local dealer gave me the impression that only the less expensive line up was made over seas at PSB, but not really reliable source for that information either.

Can we expand this a bit and indicate the starting range.. for example

Speakers starting less than $500 $1000 $2000 $4000 $8000 $8001 or more

$ $$ $$$ $$$$ $$$$$ $$$$$+

If we can find out about what it is done locally then maybe even have a tag for that.. 

Just some more random thoughts