I found a way to get around tariffs that will raise the price of audio equipment.

The consuming masses quite ignorant of the power they hold. People like to blame manufacturers, other countries, gvts. for the trade situation. American consumers chose to vote with their wallets many decades ago, I well remember the 1980's and the establishment of Wallmart and other big box retailers displacing local mom and pop establishments. Consumers have one track lowest price minds, hey cheap Chinese products, I'll have some of that. The de-industrialization of America during same period also comes to mind, we pay too much to union workers, outsourcing for cheap labor results in lower prices, the consumer says I'm all for that.

And now you tell me we're all done with that, I don't think so, consumers continue to cry about high prices, inflation, I don't think reliance on solely American citizen labor and a complete rebuild of infrastructure is going to help that situation. Nope, we're at the point we're all screwed, mass consumerism ain't going to fix it.

He was supposed to lower prices.  Another lie. Sorry but true. Gotta at least keep track of the whoppers that affect everyone. More time and money wasted for all. A complete cf.

To the OP question, I'll be practicing the "buy locally" approach. Plenty of excellent nationally made products to choose from. And when not available locally/nationally, I'll only be looking at "friendly" locations/nations. I do not like bullies and will always stand up to them. They always loose.

Name me one bully who has bettered the group of their choosing. Advancement only happens when you have cooperation on a mutual interest.

As for only one side having tariffs, that’s nonsense. The average tariff in the EU on US goods is around 1.97% with the weighted average around 1.34%. The average US tariff on imported goods from anywhere was 1.61% so it was tit for tat and nothing to write home about, until Rump came to town.

In his first term, he cost Americans consumers more than $51 Billion with his tariff games. The cost of bailing out our farmers from his trade war with China was 92% of all the tariffs he put on China. Tariffs we paid, not China. We won nothing. It’s going to cost us a lot more this time. He’s losing approval faster than Tesla stock so now he’s ordering US car companies to pay the tariff taxes that we’d have to pay so we won’t feel the pain. That sounds very Stalinist, doesn’t it? Price controls, favoritism and no free markets.

All the best,
Nonoise

If you get sick, you ain’t enjoying music all that much

Are we allowed to talk about breakfast foods? I don’t think they have much to do with audio though cholesterol issues tend to never help anything. They do say “everything matters” though….

About 3 years ago, some blood work from my doc revealed high ldl. He was about to prescribe statins. But, I said that I’d get back to him for a re-test in some months ...after I do some lifestyle changes.

And i started to wonder...i work out, don’t eat mammals, no diary, quit drinking etc... and what the hell might be going on.

Dropped the eggs and triple filtered the coffee, i.e., there is a item in unfiltered coffee that’s a culprit, etc.

i went back in about 11-ish months and ldl had returned to normal!

My doc was like, "wai wai wai wai wai waiittttt, did you go to some other doctor and get statins?!?!?!" I said, "Noooooo, never cheated on ya, you’re the only one!! I just made some dietary changes"

Long story short, I feel like spring chicken these days and have the ldl of some 19 yr old buck or whatever. I am sure genetics and everything else matters, but, the above mentioned worked out for me.

There does not seem to be any hard and fast evidence, @deep_333 , whether high serum LDL cholesterol can be attributed to diet or not. There does seem to be a definite link to alcohol, tobacco, stress, sedentary life style and obesity. Eggs are not necessarily linked to obesity, and they are an excellent source of a complete protein with only 5 or 6 grams of fat.