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May 13, 2008 6:47 AM PDT

Stimulate this: Buy American-made audio with your tax rebate check

by Steve Guttenberg

Your rebate can buy all American audio like this

(Credit: Outlaw Audio)

The Federal Economic Stimulus program checks are in the mail. When you get yours try and be a good consumer and spend it right away. That'll help our economy and remember the checks will do the most good if they're spent on made in America products. One of my favorite high-value, high-end audio brands, Outlaw Audio, would be a good place to start. Its multi-channel home theater power amplifiers are in fact proudly made in the USA. Outlaw sells direct on its website and all of their amps are now on sale--with free FedEx Ground shipping! If you're single and getting the $600 check you might want to pick up the $599 Model 7075. If you're married and lucky enough to get a $1,200 check the $899 Model 7125 would be even better. Hey, it's practically your patriotic duty to buy American audio.

Originally posted at The Audiophiliac
Steve Guttenberg is a frequent contributor to magazines and Web sites including Home Entertainment, Playback, and Ultimate AV. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
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by bassetized May 13, 2008 9:14 AM PDT
i think Outlaw has their stuff built in China. so what you have here is the Walmart version of America.
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by TheFrugalAudiophile May 13, 2008 10:22 AM PDT
Sorry, long time Outlaw customer here and the above comment is not true. Outlaw's multi-channel amps are made in the USA. Give'em a call and ask. Why register today to post something you thing is true when it's not??? weak.
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by shepsters May 13, 2008 3:50 PM PDT
It's a sad state of affairs when people are constantly being urged to buy, buy, buy, spend, spend , spend on things, anythings and more anythings! Whatever happened to savings or investings?
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by dalesky May 13, 2008 5:41 PM PDT
You, Shepsters, have hit it on the head! Stop buying a bunch of crap we don't need, can't afford, and haven't saved for in the first place. Think 'the future' will take of you automatically? Good Luck!
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by burtonjunky May 14, 2008 3:38 PM PDT
These would be great comments, which I would strongly agree with, if they were posted to a financial responsibility blog.
But read the title: "High-end audio blog".
And as Steve points out, these are "high value" products, quite affordable when compared to other products in this category. It's not like he was telling everyone to use the stimulus payments as a down payment on a McIntosh Amp, and finance the rest.
Sheesh.
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by pubmat May 15, 2008 6:44 AM PDT
burtonjunky...I totally agree with you! I wish people would just stick to the topic, ITS A AUDIOPHILE BLOG PEOPLE! I dont care about a lesson in economics 101, its just a little harmless fantasizing about how to spend your refund check. On another topic of this blog, some guy was complaining about the GRAMMAR that the the author used, and how he needed to use commas properly! There seems to be lot of cranky people out there with a whole lot of time on their hands! But I also agree that Outlaw Audio is a GREAT place to get some seriously high-end audio for a great price. My brother bought one of their subs, and it is incredible for the money. It actually rivals my considerably more expensive sub...not quite, but it certanly hold it's own. They're a great company, and as the author says "Buy American!".
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by make_or_break May 16, 2008 1:51 AM PDT
Sooreee...my check is already spoken for...for a new cooler fan unit for my "un-American" little import Porsche (hey, if you're busy trying to lay a guilt trip over audio gear, why not SLAM the rest of the import trade while you're at it?).



This has to be one of the shallowest postings you've EVER committed to electrons, SG. Besides, with your subsequent post about how OUR audiophile-quality gear is doing overseas right now...what was the POINT of this little rant of yours again?

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by v1m May 16, 2008 4:33 AM PDT
I'm sorry, Steve, but your nationalistic logic isn't as hot as your audio sense. You might as well tell people to use their stimulus checks on Chinese audio gear. It's China, after all, that by buying US debt for the past decade has kept the great American 24-hour consumption machine going! If you don't buy their audio gear, they can't buy our Treasury bills. If they stop underwriting our debt. . .well, everyone here knows what a needle dragged across an LP sounds like.
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