Chinese DAC's

Not just Chinese audio, recently discovered new streaming produced in Latvia, modified by US  entity. Seriously considering purchasing at $3k price, sudden price increase last few day to $3500, aprox. 16.5% jump. No way I'm paying an extra $500 for nothing. And why the 16.5% increase when tariff temporarily dropped to 10%, or has that changed in the last few hours. Suppliers to our family business quoting all sorts of percentage price increases in recent weeks, price gauging, true cost of doing business or simply guessing, crazy days.

The problem with the value proposition is if we all know a tariff is being applied we understand we're paying an extra tax, ruins the value for me and likely many others. I don't want to pay an extra tax, especially to a gvt. I don't support. I'm laying low for the time being, not purchasing non-essentials.

As for Chinese dacs or any product/service,  same as any other country, variable quality universal, politics don't play a part in my purchase decisions. You may not like China but vast majority of people benefiting from their technology/services.