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Brilliant post, thank you!

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Charles Hansen

In Reply to: RE: "more efficiently"? posted by HarryDStanton on October 29, 2017 at 16:30:47

That's putting about as simple and straightforward as anything I've seen. One does not need an MBA or degree in economics to understand this.

Cheers!

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A dangerous stance perhaps... - HarryDStanton 10:43:37 10/30/17 (1)
... as major architects of economic policies are war and the threat of war. A "Living Wage" society right now might as well be called a "Dying Wage" one.

Anyway, when Asian labor ceases to be cheaper than American labor we might suppose that the more mathematically-correct world order has finally arrived. Supposing that Africa or South America have not become the New China by then.

So, not holding my breath. Just hoping, and trying to pay more for the things I want or need in the spirit of optimism whenever possible. I may never be able to afford Ayre gear, but I thank you for your good work just the same.
- RE: A dangerous stance perhaps... - Charles Hansen 11:30:43 10/31/17 (0)
  Ayre buys everything it can from US companies, preferably that is made in the US. Silinx FPGAs are designed in the US but made and packaged in overseas facilities. On Semi closed their last Arizona fab a couple of years ago. We used to use a US made rotary control but when they moved their production to Mexico (under NAFTA) quality went down, so we switched to Greyhill for expensive stuff that is still made in the US and Bourns for low-cost stuff that is made in Mexico. It's a struggle finding US manufacturers these days.
  
  One thing is that with robotic pick-and-place machines, labor assembly costs are equalized. The AudioQuest DragonFlies are made in Ohio and only two parts come from China - the die-cast zinc shell (casting prices are about the same, but Chinese tooling is about 1/3 US prices) and a connector that is custom-made with solid silver contacts. That is because the US connector companies (Molex and TE) won't do customs for less that 1 million pieces. So it shows that with high-enough quantities, many things can be built in the US for competitive prices.
  
  Also look at Schiit Audio. I think their power transformers are made in China, but pretty much everything else comes from the US, including the (very cost effective design) chassis and all of the labor. They have some amazing bargains, bu t again sell in extremely high volumes.

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