Prospectives on Chi-Fi

@jeffstrick 

I've always been like this, and I always get ribbed for it. Everyone expects it by now. All in good fun, and I appreciate your contributions.👍

I have had great results and have been burned. Today I trust foreign-owned companies that manufacture in China more than Chinese companies. The foreign-owned companies care more about quality control. The Chinese ones are hit or miss YMMV.

The last thing I need from Srajan is a lecture on how evil Western Civilization has been.  I know the OP said "politics aside", but Srajan made that hard to do.  I own some ChiFi, and I am happy with it, but that doesn't mean I am happy supporting a country that enslaves people, harvests organs from political prisoners, and is on the cusp of invading Taiwan and dominating the planet with it's fascist and communist economy and complete lack of liberty.  No, the West isn't perfect, but I bet there are about a billion Chinese that would like to live here.  How many in the West want to relocate to the PRC?

It would be great if I could buy a DAC made in the USA that has the same quality build and sound as my Denafrips Venus II.  Do any of you know of any?  Not sure why some focus on origin instead of product quality and sound.  I would love to know if there is another R2R DAC that is built as well and sounds as great for the same money?

The column is not about east vs west it simply states that Chinese manufacturing pervades hifi and pretty much every other industry whether you like it or not.