When did Musical Fidelity start making stuff in...

Taiwan does not equal to China, neither politic nor quality.

Quite frankly it is irrelevant the Chinese sourced gear is just as good as products made elsewhere.

Try to explain that to young mothers and those with pets. Plastic should be used to make speakers and toys - not food!

As for me, I like my European built cabinets and European built drivers and European built electronics...

I thought all of the Cary Audio gear was still made in North Carolina?? Is that not the case?

Agree with Shadorne, you don't hear Taiwan food mixing toxic chemical like Chinese, neither will you hear Taiwan electronic products failing prematurely due to corner cutting.

I will not buy Chinese audio gears. In fact, I will not buy any "hign-end" products that are made in china. I will be happy to hand my credit card number to high-end Taiwan product though, they have world class R&D with QC to boot too.

Everyone associates Intel as the most advance semiconductor company on earth. I work for AMD, the competitor. Guess who is right behind Intel? TSMC, that stands for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacture Company, and unlike Chartered, AMD, Samsung, or Toshiba who relies on IBM for R&D, TSMC & UMC (another Taiwan semiconductor foundry) completely develop on their own. There are many more stories about Taiwan work ethic and QC, same can not be applied to China.

I just bought a Giant TCR Advance 2 road bike which is again made with pride in Taiwan. In fact, 90%+ of world class carbon road bike are made there, do you hear Lance Armstrong complaining his Taiwan bike? But you can bet if he was riding a China bike, he would never make it to finish line.

Technology "creep" is the industry term. It does happen, but the reputable companies either open up shop over there, ie; Rotel, or they keep QC staff, or they maintain the quality utilizing other methods. Asia is Asia if you ask me... I've seen good and bad from the entire region. Musical Fidelity, especially, has been able to maintain retails as well as quality.