Chinese Audio Shopping

thanks for pointing that out. But they produce export models for our market so maybe I can find one w 110V motor.

hey Jaybo and Unsound Are you in the audio business? How often do turntables break and get repaired during their initial warranty period?

I'm leaving Sunday. i will post you all on my return.

Back from China. The Beijing Duck was excellent but the audio situation wasn't. I went to visit one of the "premier" high end audio manufacturers. Their products are good and nicely designed, with some interesting engineering ideas, but they aren't equipped to deal with the export market. They have 110V products and so on but they aren't really geared-up to deal with any service issues, so if I had a problem with my purchase I would probably have to send the whole thing back. I may have caught them on a bad day. My impression is that they manufacture high quality products but don't run a very good business. They will do very well in the local market, since imports tend to be quite expensive (cell phones are much more expensive than in the US), but their products aren't competitively priced for international markets, which is shocking given the high mark-ups in this space.
I think I'll stick to western companies that manufacture products there. I have the Krell S300i which I love and think is a great value.