Is the V.P.I. Traveler made in China

Let me guess. I'll bet the retailer who told the OP that the Traveler is made in China is not a VPI dealer.

Worst way to sell a product. Slamming and lying to boot about the competition. Instead this guy ought to be talking about where the products he carries are made and their virtues.

It make me want to buy a Traveler.

@Buconero117,

Why would you spout off about the VPI having 95% of it's parts made in China without backing those statistics up? Do you have proof of this? If not then keep quiet as you do a disservice to VPI and the audiophile community.

Just as every athlete guilty of using steroids will deny, deny, deny, so that there is no way of telling them from the clean athletes, so will a manufacturer deny, deny, deny using parts from China, whether they are or not. So nobody on this forum, including me, having been involved with manufacturing in industry for 30 years, has any idea whether what VPI says is true or not.

If the quality and finish levels were absolute top notch, insanely good like Boulder, then we could say they were probably done in USA as opposed to China. Obviously, that's not the case.

I can tell you with certainty there are manufacturers at higher quality and prestige levels than VPI that indeed use off-shore suppliers for the bulk of their parts yet claim everything is made in USA. I know some well. I hate to say this but in the end, does it matter? There are plenty of poor tolerance things, including turntables, made exclusively in the USA.

In the end, maybe the importance is more of a philosophical thing, and a concern for country thing, not wanting to keep exporting jobs.

Why bad rap a great American tunable!!

Kidman-

I can tell you with certainty there are manufacturers at higher quality and prestige levels than VPI that indeed use off-shore suppliers for the bulk of their parts yet claim everything is made in USA. I know some well. I hate to say this but in the end, does it matter? There are plenty of poor tolerance things, including turntables, made exclusively in the USA.

Like Bucenero, it is irresponsible to make these acusations without even a hint of proof or support.

I think that VPI has earned the reputation of building quality products and nothing in my experiences has led me to believe that they would resort to false or deceptive advertising.
Their products speak for themselves