Not sure why so many people feel the need to downplay what China is able to offer in the way of high quality equipment. Making blanket statements about how they will never compete with equipment assembled in the good old USA, although said equipment is made mostly from parts produced in good old China. Because we don't get the same negative stereotypes about equipment made in Germany, Canada or the United Kingdom, one can only assume that they are judged by a different standard.
Will China become the poor man’s dealer for high end audio?
With the insane prices now being asked for audio equipment from manufacturers around the globe is china going to fill in the gap between the haves and have-nots.? We are already seeing some signs of this with manufacturers like Jays Audio and Denafrips offering product-performance prices below global market value. The only thing I see holding them back is they will always be one leg behind the rest of the world since they copy most of the technology they use and world wide acceptance.