Dynaudio - Made in China vs Denmark

As the US Distributor of YBA, a few thoughts...

1. YBA has always been clear their products are designed by Yves-Bernard Andre in France

2. Yves-Bernard continues as Chief Designer of ALL YBA products

3. Yves-Bernard continues as part of the YBA ownership team based in Hong Kong

4. Yves-Bernard oversees/trains ALL YBA production and personally QC all Signature production although COVID-1984 has limited the latter

Sadly, many audio companies avoid clearly stating & acknowledging country of production. Kudos to Dynaudio for at least indicating on cartons. The key is training/managing the production staff to adhere to QC principles as implemented in home country.

My current made in China KEF R3s are impeccable in every respect.

OTOH, my former (made in London) 1979 Tannoy HPD315 coaxial drivers were somewhat shabbily assembled, in particular with a wrinkle in the foam surround of one of the woofers, and unevenly applied gaskets on the outer rim of the woofer frame.

Must have been made on a Monday. Like British cars from those times, the employees were working off their hangovers from the weekend.

All the best,
Nonoise

I just bought a $75k luxury performance EV that was made in a state of the art “super factory”  in China. It’s engineered in Sweden so the quality is spec’d from European standards. The build quality exceeds that of Tesla which is made in America. I absolutely love this car, it’s the best car I’ve ever had or driven. I don’t really care that it’s made in China. Let’s face it, almost everything is made there now, so as long as the engineering standards are high, the end product should be great!

If you're talking about the Polestar, you're one lucky owner. Every review seems to love it. That, and it has the looks whereas the Tesla looks like it was designed by someone who used to design toasters.

All the best,
Nonoise