Made In China


There seems to be a lot of varying opinion when it comes to China and the products that are made there. I personally know of an audio store in my home town that made the decision to no longer carry products with manufacturing ties in China. Maybe that’s why they have such a limited show room? Recently, I purchased a Cayin RU2 portable DAC and headphone dongle that‘s made in China. It’s the only audio product that I own that’s solely manufactured by a Chinese company and so far I have no complaints. Of course, my Apple products were likely made in China and I like those a lot. And if I’m correct (and I’m likely incorrect), Denafrips and Schiit Audio products are assembled in China but I’m uncertain where those companies are located. So I’m just wondering about audio products from Asia that offer high end build and sound quality. I would assume that most products from China, Korea, Japan, etc… offer a high value for the dollar? Anyway, please feel free to share your opinion and knowledge on this topic as I’m wanting to learn more about what‘s out made and engineered in that part of the world.

Thanks!

goofyfoot

Showing 1 response by davetheoilguy

Political concerns aside, quality can be problematic.

I deal with them for heavy equipment and components in oil and gas production.

They will just absolutely lie about what a sub component is, with fake test results and counterfeit labels.  Things like a certain grade of steel pipe not being what they say.  Or heat and vibration resistant capacitors from Switzerland being a knock off with a fake label.

So even good faith assemblers in China get garbage passed onto them without them knowing.  They have no comprehension of intellectual property or trade names.

And it tends to get worse as you go along.  After years of things going well, suddenly garbage starts being shipped.  
 

Long way of saying, it can be great stuff,  but very much buyer beware.