Classe move to China

Geez, this thread has really gone viral and no one has brought up religion yet. You American boys are well behaved.

Classe did not move to China. It is B&W, the now parent company, that moved Classe to China. Executive decisions such as this one are no longer made in Montreal. I do not own Classe but i have read great product reviews in TAS and Stereophile over the years. Me, i will never own a $15K amp or preamp with a made in China badge. This is how you have to look at this; would you own/buy a Ferrari, Porshe, Alfa Romeo made in China? Would you own/buy a $43K Audio Research REF 610T made in China?
Well let me answer that for you.
You may have to some day. ARC is now owned by a private equity firm with holdings in a variety of global industries. How fast you think that this conglomerate can pull the pin on ARC?
Here's the next thread: "Audio Research move to China".
How viral would that go?
Classe did not move to China. You're just having a bad dream.

We have met the enemy, and it is Us.

"Fiddler says his world isn't burning, maybe mine is. What he fails to recognize here, and what all the free marketers overlook, is the simple fact that it is OUR WORLD. We all live here and we all need to be concerned about how we care for our home. We need to place the well-being of our home above profits and personal ideology. We need to care about making our home as safe and sane, as compassionate and purposeful and as prosperous and kind as we can manage."

Sure it's our world (in theory), but I can only control my portion of it. And if 47% of Americans aren't paying into the system, then it isn't as much of "OUR WORLD" after all.

That's the problem with liberals. They want everything to be fair for everyone. The only "fair" is a fairytale.

I'm sorry. I don't apologize for being successful and having a very high income (relatively speaking - Bill Gates excluded). I have earned every dime of it by working hard, taking huge risks and simply being blessed (and I'm in church on Sundays).

My success hasn't come at anyone else's expense either. The notion that success has to come on the backs of others is simply class warfare and it's stupid. The over-whelming number of successful people I know personally did it the same way I did - by working hard, risking everthing and treating people fairly. And just in case you are wondering, I wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth with any advantages. My spoon was a wooden spoon. My Dad was a truck driver his whole life and my Mom a secretary. But they taught us hard work and ethics.

If you or anyone else is not as successful as you want to be, don't blame me. I have nothing to do with your life and the decisions you make.

I am sick and tired of hearing the whining and namby-pamby, us vs. them class warfare rhetoric. Get off of your butt and go find as much success as you want. If your world is burning down, then figure out how to put the fire out. Since the beginning of time, some have been more successful than others. Simply human nature.

Life ain't fair, so quit complaining and figure out how to work within the system we have (or try to change it, that's what our Democratic Republic is about). But in the mean time, it may be hugely helpful to do something more productive and more risky than hanging out in an audiophile forum all day.

There - I feel better.

Magfan,

The reason why healthcare didn't include selling across state lines is that the state with the least restrictive laws would be where they'd relocate to to avoid any legal recourse from the patients they'd screw out of their money. Rockerfeller set the mold way back when after he messed things up and the state prosecutors went after them through corporate laws. He offered his company to the state that would lower their values and relax legislation governing corporations the most and the rest, as they say, is history.

And to everyone else who is scratching their heads as to why American corporations are doing this is simple: they don't see themselves as American and haven't for decades. This is just a place to park their asses as they siphon off money to offshore accounts. But now that model is becoming endangered as someone here, stateside, set up some kind of mailbox clearing house in some mid west state with relaxed standards as an alternative to what one would find in the Caymans. Now you don't have to go overseas.

Lets face it, They see our view as quaint and out of date. This is beyond repair but will require diligence to slow it down. Check out this trader's view of things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC19fEqR5bA

Game over.

Not Americans, yet 1st amendment people? Pretty good deal.