Raysonic gone belly up, is this a hoax? Read on...

It's a shame what happened to the workers in that factory.

Regarding the claims of quality, I have no doubt whatsoever as to their validity. That's the thing that a lot of customers don't get to see in regard to the Chinese high-end audio manufacturers.

Several years ago, I imported an even larger Chinese high-end audio brand. The quality of their gear was so poor it defies description. There are just too many examples to list, but a few happen to stick out as noteworthy:
1) In my initial order, I received 10 of one of their CD player models, 8 of which were bad right out of the box
2) One run of their turntable motors ran backwards. I figured they'd be perfect for Led Zeppelin's Stairway To Heaven
3) I once received a pair of their "reference" monoblock amplifiers, where one of the amps not finished, and was missing a bunch of critical internal parts

Beyond this, a friend of mine, who is one of the more well known dealers in the country, and I got together for lunch two weeks ago. He told me an anecdote about what's probably the largest Chinese high-end audio company. He needed a bunch of their DACs, so he visited the importer, who is local to him. The importer always opened each box, as he had to test every unit to see if it worked or not. Anyway, it took them most of the day to round up his order, as more than 50% were defective right out of the box. Scary.

That's why I always say don't buy anything from China.

You know, the prices of the non-trash chinese tube gear has gone up to the point that high-value, domestically built brands like Rogue/Quicksilver/Manley[before their huge price increases]/etc are often more affordable! I know which product I'd rather hook up to my speakers...

I don't ever WANT a product that has to be cherry-picked from a herd of DOA units. That speaks volumes about the (absence of) quality and (lack of) engineering. It belongs in the trash.

Yet audiophiles still buy loads of chinese gear, and I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this is based on the assumption that "the HUGE savings in labor costs are being passed on to me, the consumer!". Like with the purportedly huge "we-cut-the-middleman" internet direct companies, when that was the hot new way to do hifi for less. It's only a bargain if they're building something worth keeping...and you might want to do a price check again, while you're at it.

I'm also wary of these "Designed In --nice sounding country--, Built in China" products. What do you think the chances are that this stuff is largely chinese (reverse engineered) design, with custom modifications/tweaks?

I sent them an Email a few days ago and have had no response .

I once bought a Raysonic CD128 Tube CD Player directly from manufacturer half year ago and I had a good time with this CD player and liked very much. However, it stopped playing one day in August and it is still under warranty. So I sent emails to them for help. However, I have never got an answer from Raysonic company.

But one day, I receive an email from Susan who once was a worker in Raysonic. I was so surprised by the email and a little upset as no one can help my CD player now. I didn't believe her email at first. But when the other man sent me an email stating the same thing but different ways, his English was bad, but still be understood. And I started to believe what they said after I got no official answers from Raysonic for so long a time. I am still confused and want to make sure the truth.

Has anyone suffered from this? I need some parts to repair my CD128.

The email is as follows. Is this true?

Dear customers,
We are the workers of Raysonic Company of Taishan Danxing Audio Technology Co. LTD. in China. Our boss named Steven Leung or Leung Kam Leong RAN AWAY/Absconded on 19th Sept. 2012. Now the company is bankrupt. We haven’t been paid for the salary for more than 6 months and the total amount is more than USD30000. He also defrauded about USD 60000 from first payment/deposit of foreign businessmen. He also owes nearly USD 170000 to those material suppliers, house decoration company, shipping costs and the house renting fee and so on. His Raysonic brand is a brand that used to cheat people. The appearance for his products is garish, but the components inside the products are with bad quality. Customers had to send their amps back to him to repair for many times. Please do not be cheated again by him.

If you know where this Steven Leung or Leung Kam Leong is, then please kindly to tell us. He should pay us the salary. We worked so hard for him and we need to live with that salary!

If you don’t believe, you can call his telephone NO. of his Raysonic company here: 0086-7505626822. You will see that you got no answer.

The attachment is Raysonic’s business license. The boss, Leung Kam Long or Steven Leung is a Chinese, but immigrated to Canada for some years. He just registered the Raysonic for a few years and have already cheated a lot of people!

All the members that are cheated by Raysonic.
20th Sept.2012