ASSEMBLED IN CHINA

Don’t turn this thread into a protest China place. If you don’t like China, or even hate them, don’t buy products that are made or assembled in China, and enjoy your life.

I'm not anti-China, or anti-Chinese products. Most of my equipment is made in USA, Canada or Japan. My only foray into "Made in China" products is a purchase of a Music Hall Maven receiver, as it looked like a lot of bang for the buck. The first one had a channel imbalance so I exchanged it with the store where I bought it. The second had an intermittent issue with the light for "Standby." The light has since stopped working altogether. So...would I buy another product from China? Probably not!

1. chrshanl37

I'm glad you mentioned McDonalds. The wage they pay puts people below poverty level and I pay their supplemental income (gov. support) instead of McDonalds.
You are right about some audio stores going bankrupt initially, but later buying power of better paid workers will increase and stores will open door again.  The notion, from this thread, that Chinese stuff cannot be of the highest quality is simply wrong.  I read recently explanation by Leupold&Stevens (high quality optics) on the subject of manufacturing in China.  They stated that 99% of lenses come from China or Europe for the last 50 years.  Quality of their products is  superb.  I have binoculars. 

Agreed Kijanki...and as posted previously in this thread if one chooses not to buy Chinese goods then so be it. However the idea that all Chinese goods should be boycotted for the various reasons mentioned in this thread is a shallow and narrow minded viewpoint.

Holding an entire country accountable for the behavior of some of it's citizens? Really? Based on this flawed logic, you have to now boycott every single thing you own made in every country on earth including those made right here in the good ole US of A.

 That's right, we engage in slave labor right here in our own country. Want to speak out about the lack of environmental oversight in China? I invite you to visit the fracking fields in North Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado. Ever heard of Flint, Michigan? Ever eat mercury laden fish from the rivers in the Midwest that are full of toxic run-off from large scale farming operations?  The list goes on and on and yes the black market trade is alive and well here also.

So I have to ask, based on the reasons stated for not supporting Chinese audio manufacturers, why do you support gear manufactured elsewhere? 

Something that was posted earlier in this thread ( I have read it on other threads as well) that I found particularly interesting was "I had a piece of gear once that was made in China and it broke, so I will never buy anything else made there". I wonder if those same standards apply to Amercican made gear. This site is full of threads with people citing malfunctions, mishaps, poor service and defects from American made audio gear. Do those of you that have experienced this now boycott all Amercican made gear as well? Just wondering.  


 

Very interesting thread. I'm about to launch a site dedicated to promoting high-end audio, home theater and car audio equipment that is made in the USA. http://www.americanmadeaudio.com (after 6/1) Defining exactly what is American-made for my purposes can be difficult. 

Speaker drivers in high-end equipment are often made in Europe, then brought here into US-made casework and assembled here. Exceptions, like YG Acoustics or Zu, both of whom make their own drivers exist. Cables are often assembled here out of wire that was pulled overseas. Exceptions, like Cardas and those who use their wire, exist. 

While there is quality audiophile gear made in every region of the world, the history of innovation and quality in the US is excellent and worth considering. Once you start looking, it becomes amazing to see what could be done. It would be incredibly easy to make a complete system only from components made in California,  Colorado or the greater NY area. 

The project started as a page on my music blog, https://windhaming.com/american-made-audio-list/ but I started getting so much traffic on the page, and it's a topic I'm passionate about, so it deserved more.