I researched for a few months earlier this year. Putting these into my new house in February:

Range: Bosch Dual Fuel (gas burners with an electric oven)
Fridge: LG French Door (freezer on bottom, two side-by-side doors above it revealing the fridge cabinet)
Dishwasher: Fisher & Paykel 603 (in traditional config I'd get an Asko or Bosch)
(Instead of) Micro: GE Advantium SCB1001 Speedoven 120v
Range Hood: Zephyr Venezia likely

I was also considering a BlueStar all-gas range, but the price in Canada wasn't great and is now absolutely ridiculous. The Advantium isn't even sold in Canada, but it's small enough I'll pick it up myself in Buffalo or mail order it.

In the laundry I'm going Miele with last year's stainless 6KG machines. This year's are a joke at 120v. If I could find something from 2004/5 I'd go for that instead (faster spin, more settings/options, probably easier to use controls)
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Bruno
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