Welcome! Thousand Oaks is not too far from the old Marantz factory. I own a Marantz 1200 and a 1030, both built in So Cal. Regardless of what people may say about my home state (Living out of state for 35+ years because of my job), CA still has the top GDP in the USA. (Sorry Texas, you're number 2). Having been born and educated in CA, the state also has great schools- Stanford, USC, UC, Cal Tech, Claremont Colleges, CSU and affordable community colleges.