The company who actually manufactures the LSA to my design and specs, is a company located in the East, China.
They actually make MANY of the products that are in the high end arena today, and most people would be shocked to know just how many are made there, and the companies who use this labor force.
I remember a hue and cry that went up when people found out that Von Schweikert was made in China. What a red herring that was. I was reminded of the angest over autos being made in Japan, in the late sixties, early seventies.
A collective "Oh my God" went up from many Americans.
Now forty, almost years later we can all see that we live in a world community which will always chase the cheapest labor force, wherever it is. After Japan came Malaysia. I also remember the comments about NAD and Adcom being made in Malaysia, and how that was a 'bad thing'. Actually, it keeps costs in check for many people. In looking ahead, as soon as the standard of living in China becomes high enough that labor there is no longer inexpensive, the force may be found in the continent of Africa, who really knows.
I chose this company to manufacture because of their stellar reputation, and the people they supply now. I know that I can depend, even though my QC will be stringent, on them to replicate the prototypes to the letter.
We will have our official roll out soon, but we are off topic here, and should probably do this privately.
By the way, you mention being a designer, what do you design, and am I, or would any of the people who haunt these sites, be familiar with your designs?
They actually make MANY of the products that are in the high end arena today, and most people would be shocked to know just how many are made there, and the companies who use this labor force.
I remember a hue and cry that went up when people found out that Von Schweikert was made in China. What a red herring that was. I was reminded of the angest over autos being made in Japan, in the late sixties, early seventies.
A collective "Oh my God" went up from many Americans.
Now forty, almost years later we can all see that we live in a world community which will always chase the cheapest labor force, wherever it is. After Japan came Malaysia. I also remember the comments about NAD and Adcom being made in Malaysia, and how that was a 'bad thing'. Actually, it keeps costs in check for many people. In looking ahead, as soon as the standard of living in China becomes high enough that labor there is no longer inexpensive, the force may be found in the continent of Africa, who really knows.
I chose this company to manufacture because of their stellar reputation, and the people they supply now. I know that I can depend, even though my QC will be stringent, on them to replicate the prototypes to the letter.
We will have our official roll out soon, but we are off topic here, and should probably do this privately.
By the way, you mention being a designer, what do you design, and am I, or would any of the people who haunt these sites, be familiar with your designs?