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Technics moving all turntable production to Malaysia

I haven’t seen this reported anywhere. Heard it first from a dealer and now have confirmed it with Technics directly:

All turntables, even the SL-1000R, are leaving Japan and moving to a new facility in Malaysia. Everything’s going under one roof. Technics is halted now and they’ll start up the new production line in Malaysia on April 1. 

If the product is the same then that’s what matters most, but this definitely marks the end of an era and I’m sure the reaction will be mixed.
notman
vegasears
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Of course with lower manufacturing cost, they will lower the cost?
inna
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Japanese might be losing their way and become like anybody else. Now that's bad, if I am right, regardless of whether or not you like who they are, as you perceive it. 
I wouldn't want made in the US Rolex either. 

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best-groove
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I wonder if "Made In U.S.A." has the same reaction elsewhere....
...either a ’ring’....or a ’clunk’. ;)
Although not exactly hi-fi Apple with iPods were not produced in the US but in China already in the early 2000s and yet they have sold millions of them.

Mark Levinson before he came out with the Red Rose scandal who produced his electronics? Yet many have bought those products.
We must resign ourselves to globalization, several audio electronics companies have their minds in the States or in Europe and produce in Asian countries; do we want to make a list?
vegasears
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I'm happy Technics didn't move to China.  I avoid Chinese product whenever possible and that's hard to do.  My choice is not based on quality of product but on their business practices and the Taiwan issue.
inna
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We must not "resign ourselves to globalization", especially when it takes unhealthy forms. This is not realism but defeatist position.
It's impossible to avoid made in China products completely unless you buy nothing or only vintage stuff.
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