Prospectives on Chi-Fi

It would be great if I could buy a DAC made in the USA that has the same quality build and sound as my Denafrips Venus II.  Do any of you know of any?  Not sure why some focus on origin instead of product quality and sound.  I would love to know if there is another R2R DAC that is built as well and sounds as great for the same money?

The column is not about east vs west it simply states that Chinese manufacturing pervades hifi and pretty much every other industry whether you like it or not.

And queue up someone to crap on a decent thread. Good job lordmeltdown and yesiamjerkpirate

I’m not a fan of Made in China even though :

• I’m typing this on a Dell Laptop
• owned iPhones since 2011
• drinking my coffee brewed on a MIC Coffee Maker
• My Audio/Video system is 60% U.S.made while the other 40% is MIC by both choice and economics

So yes, I’m a firm supporter of Made in the U.S.A., Canada, & Mexico. But I’m not a Trumper. My own job was outsourced to China many years ago.

I don’t like anything made in China BUT......we don’t have a choice really.

Now I’ve never been to China (but that would be a cool trip though), or socialized with their people (other than friends here in the U.S. & Canada). So my perspective is probably jaded and one sided.

https://www.aliexpress.com/w/wholesale-tube-amplifier-stereo.html?catId=0&initiative_id=AS_20230426070620&SearchText=tube+amplifier+stereo&spm=a2g0o.home.1000002.0

People here in North America buy this crap regardless of the risk involved. Did I mention that various U.S.Companies get their I.P. stolen and turned into products for sale usually for the Asian market. Knockoff Audio products just like knockoff Gucci Bags.

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