ASSEMBLED IN CHINA

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.
 

My uncle works as a designed in pro audio 
And as long as part as in over 25% you can say made in U.S.A 
Jolida , Coincidence have cases snd parts made in China but final assembly  testing done in North America.  How do I know Jolida make if known and use very good parts.
I owned the dynamo SET integrated and had issue with the case 
They bring X amount per month from China 
Their amps, preamps use same polished  cases. In top products much higher QC ,mine had cracks in the bend creases. But for $1200 nice little SET . I did change coupling caps to the Great 
Audyn True Copper caps IMO  Better then my top Mundorf SGOIL
And as good as the 2x+ MORE Jupiter Copper .best buy in music  caps if you want great balance and more depth. I just had to say this I have them in  my Spatial audio M3,   bypasses in My DHT pre
And Pass labs F6 SE  Clone. Went out of category but good to  share a solid tip !!