She ain't too good on gasoline, she burns a little oil, she was built by union labour on American soil. - From Sweet Little '66 by Steve Earle.
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In the world of digital, Chinese equipment has the edge on the technology over most countries and at a much more affordable price. Plus, like soix says, most made in America products have many foreign parts in them. Easy choice for me, I buy the products that best fit my needs regardless of where they're from. |
"I think products made in China cut a lot of corners and don't offer the value that a well built US model does" Yet you had to come here to find an American option? I am old enough to remember when "Made in China" on a product meant that it actually was cheap and poorly built. Those days are long gone.
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My Mojo Audio DejaVu server/streamer was made in the USA and sounds awesome. It replaced an Antipodes DX3 server. Unfortunately, Mojo Audio has stopped manufacturing servers so they could focus on their DACs, but they do carry the 432 EVO brand of server/streamers, which may be manufactured in Germany. There are some pretty good server/streamer choices with good service options that are made outside of the USA, such as the Antipodes server/streamers from New Zeeland. If you really need to buy American, you might look at Small Green Computer or Baetis Audio. There are probably others you could consider too. |
All great choices..... I always try to buy made in USA , and with some categories there are plenty of choices. I think products made in China cut a lot of corners and don't offer the value that a well built US model does, so I try to avoid made in China. Support for many Chinese boxes is often non existent. I buy with the intent to own it and enjoy it for a while so it's more about quality and value overall than price to me. My amps, preamp , phono pre, turntable, tuner , speakers are all made here. But when shopping for a streamer there are few US choices and I questioned how many of them can deliver a product with great software and user interface . That said I went with Aurender and I'm glad I did. Build quality is off the chart , it sounds great and the support is excellent. That is really the most crucial "feature", the support. I bought the N200 and it was one of my best audio purchases ever. |
Why are you kidding yourself? I prefer stuff to be made in the USA as much as the next guy if possible, but the fact is that upwards of 98% of the parts that go into a streamer are made outside the US, so really, what’s the point? Just pick the streamer that performs best and is inline with the sound characteristics you’re looking for and leave it at that. The rest is just BS and semantics. Check out the newest Innuos streamers that meet your budget. They all come with their free Sense app that sounds great and is always being upgraded to sound even better. Best of luck. |
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