Chinese DAC's

Personally I've haven't yet heard anything coming from China sounding better than anything I have before me . My tip would be to buy a dac from boulder or ps audio or any other colorado based audio manufacturer , they seem to make great quality products in that state

fine idea except you can be 100% assured that they use parts that are imported. As has been pointed out, the global economy is too intertwined to say the solution is to just buy American, or from whatever country you live in. Buying 100% American means you won't be buying much of anything.

we are all getting F@cked by the F'ELON.

She's an activist.  We knew tariffs were coming and she could have prepared.  It's not going to last forever.

@skchun 

Because their countries have put tariffs on parts made, and  coming in from the US.

it’s global economics. Parts get more expensive, and the item gets more expensive every step of the way.

@tubeguy76 

So, should she have stocked parts for 3 months, 6 months, a year, two years worth of production? 
 

The, up until recently, stable global supply chain, means people don’t keep big inventories of parts. Real time logistics and shipping has taken care of the need to sit on large inventories.

But, she should be able to plan for this, right?