Prospectives on Chi-Fi

@2psyop All you need to do is right click on the name of the suspected member and click on "details". The date he joined and all contributions to posts and threads are there to see. "nothingbuttheblues" created his fake account just this morning.

All the best,
Nonoise

nonoise 

Thanks I will be on the lookout. Not sure why it's so hard to be civil and helpful??

for some here?

All  the best,
Nonoise

I try to buy US made even if it costs more.  This Nation once produced everything we bought/consumed and I for one am very distressed that we focus on service jobs but do very little manufacturing.  So if someone has the desire to build a quality product right here they will get my business.

(who is Lord Melton?)

OK, here's my 2 cents. In my audio journey, first decades ago in big 2-channel gear, and in the last 10 years, all desktop audio & headphone audio, I tend to follow talented designers and the companies they build to realize their own designs. And looking around my home office I see 3 examples of that:

• A NOS DAC/headphone amp/pramp and a headphone amp/preamp by Audio GD. The owner and chief designer, Kingwa, has some serious chops. I've owned at least 3 other of his components. Never a problem with any of them. He's a true original thinker;
• And a NOS DAC ("Orchid") by the owner & designer of MHDT Laboratories. This is a throwback modern DAC using an elderly chip (and sounding quite lovely)

I'm less concerned with the nationality of a designer than with his/her originality and personal commitment to the work. So far gear from China has served me very well, indeed.