Unless I am mistaken and if anyone can shred some light that would be great but a very large (huge) number of electronic parts (transistors, capacitors, circuit boards, etc.) are made in China. These get put into electronics of all kinds (televisions, amps, pre-amps, CD players and transports, streamers, etc) and the majority of American made companies use these parts. Therefore the parts higher tariff cost will make ALL AUDIO equipment increase in price in the US.
Chinese DAC's
I have been looking at several DAC's trying to decide which one to put in my system. Some of those DAC's I'm looking at are built and designed in China. Without getting political I don't think trade with China will ever be the same. I hope that these engineers are able to get there products to market. It would sure be a waste of talent.