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In Reply to: RE: Bzzzt. The exact opposite is true in many or most cases. posted by ToddM on April 07, 2014 at 11:04:41
But I'll bet the employees of Thiel, Vandersteen, Wilson, Harbeth, Dynaudio, and other manufacturers who do NOT job their production out to third-world sweatshops are considerably more conscientious and skilled -- not to mention better paid -- than those in aforementioned sweatshops.
Of course this is reflected in the price of the products. Outsourcing production is undoubtedly part of the reason Wharfedale can offer such affordable retail prices.
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Chances are that Dynaudio employees are unionized. Out of a workforce of 2.6 million 2 million are members of a union.
These belong either to LO (members are skilled or unskilled manual workers), AC (members hold a masters degree ie doctors, dentists, psychologists etc) or FTF (everybody in between ie actors, police, engineers, research scientists etc).
.. I was (naively) sure they were still UK-made, not just a UK brand, and then I got a pair and the box - the box, mind you, not the speaker itself - was labeled Made in China. True, they were under $200, but I was hoping that they had held out.
I've heard that some brands - notably, Emotiva - produces good quality from Chinese sources, but it's still a dicey proposition until you ("one") has enough experience with a brand to be comfortable. I mainly do my own construction these days, but not TVs, etc., and I consider anything made en Chine to be a commodity rather than a lasting investment (like the brands you list, although any mfgr must face real temptation these days).
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