cheeseboy said:think it's pretty impossible to buy something nowadays that isn't made, or has had parts made in china if it involves any type of circuitary.
andyjm said:List linked to is of semiconductor fab plants (where chips are made). Sobering reading if you still think the UK has an electronics manufacturing base.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_semiconductor_fabrication_plants
peterpiper said:I have no issue with it, some of the stuff I have is made in china, itseems even the manufacturerers can feel uneasy about the far eastern association, especially 'audiophile'british makes for example my AE109 say boldly on the back'designed and engineered by acoustic energy,england, but they were made in malaysia!
chebby said:peterpiper said:I have no issue with it, some of the stuff I have is made in china, itseems even the manufacturerers can feel uneasy about the far eastern association, especially 'audiophile'british makes for example my AE109 say boldly on the back'designed and engineered by acoustic energy,england, but they were made in malaysia!
Exposure products are made in Malaysia and the company is Malaysian owned too.
David@FrankHarvey said:Some people like to support UK companies that are making products in the UK. It's not necessarily an 'audiophile' thing.
Vladimir said:China is a young industrial force still developing and learnig. Same was with Japan untill they got the hang of it and now they enjoy a positive stereotype about their build quality and craftsmanship.
peterpiper said:what about the raw materials, should it not be 'assembled in china' instead, arent many parts still made in japan anyway such as the semiconducters and capacitors and shipped over, so if it says made in china , it might not neseccarily be chinese made, even the metal covers,? but does it matter, of course not
Tonestar1 said:I'm pretty sure any foreign manufactured goods are built to a reasonable standard, well as long as the product owners keep cracking the whip. That's not the point. It's the general worker conditions I have a problem with. I'd rather buy a product manufactured in a country that has half decent labour laws and political freedom than buy from a country who's employee rights and general laws are 200 years behind the society I want to live in. It doesn's sit well with me. Kids and/or extremely overworked adults, busting their EDITED for a pittance wages, could be supplying the kit that resides in my living room and it would be difficult to find out if that were true.I hope I dont ignorantly suppport this. It's not just about price or quality. It's about morality. It's pretty hard to not buy from said beasts if you want to but a mobile phone but i will keep trying. Thats why I will positively buy from manufactuers who maintain production in countries who respect workers rights and pay a fair price for the job jone. Britain or Chinese is irrelevent to me, but I seriuosly doubt there are many Chinese manufacturers paying a fair wage to factory employees. I'm sure foxconn would disagree but the term a fair wage means very different things between west and east.