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In Reply to: Ignorant? posted by Chris O on April 26, 2012 at 13:13:41:
I agree with the notion that there are indeed sweatshops in China. However, like most stereotypes you can't generalize the few to be representative of ALL.
Line Magnetic and Melody have been OEM for numerous American and Italian and Japanese brands who put Made in Japan, Made in Italy, Made in America stickers on their amps - so the laws governing labeling is questionable (when you cut government bodies that check on that stuff - that's what happens.
I lived in Mainland China and I saw terrible working conditions by any North America standard. But I also saw some good ones.
The Asian market is loaded with money - they're the ones buying all the $100,000 British Made Audio Note preamps. The dealer in Hong Kong probably sells to rich Chinese who vacation in Hong Kong wanting the best. All the money is in Asia.
So the Chinese makers who build for their own market have to be good in order to compete - they have to be much better in fact because the Rich Chinese ALSO view Chinese made stuff as being inferior. Reputations once earned are very difficult to overcome (see American piles of junk cars through all of the 80's and 90s and even now they're looked at sideways despite the Japanese quality falling off a cliff)
To be fair though you really should look to these better makers - Steven Rochlin of enjoythtmusic.com did a big factory tour through the Chinese tube amp makers availabe at their site.
Another from 6moons http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/roadtourchina/melody.html
Pay is lower but cost of living is lower - the key is whether the wage is reasonable to the cost of living of the city in which you live. I'm a teacher in B.C. Canada - my wage in terms of buying power is 50% of what it was in the mid 1980s. Like I said - we're going in the wrong direction.
Line Magnetic is here (none of these are deplorable working conditions).
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Follow Ups
- RE: Ignorant? - RGA 19:36:43 04/26/12 (10)
- RE: Ignorant? - Vinyljh 04:11:23 04/27/12 (0)
- Still, I stand by my experience. - Chris O 20:09:36 04/26/12 (8)
- RE: Still, I stand by my experience. - RGA 23:37:59 04/26/12 (2)
- RE: Still, I stand by my experience. - vince saunders 01:16:47 04/28/12 (1)
- RE: Still, I stand by my experience. - RGA 04:20:18 04/28/12 (0)
- Surprise? Monaco 845 use 3rd world country transformer! - youngshooter 21:59:38 04/26/12 (4)
- Taiwan is hardly third world and, e.g., Neotech is made there - Jay Buridan 17:57:46 07/19/12 (2)
- RE: Taiwan is hardly third world and, e.g., Neotech is made there - Stuben 17:42:09 07/25/12 (1)
- You make a good point, Stuben - Jay Buridan 18:05:14 07/25/12 (0)
- RE: Surprise? Monaco 845 use 3rd world country transformer! - RGA 23:44:49 04/26/12 (0)
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