My shipment was from China, from
EMS.
And seriously, I might add, even if it isn't linked to your post, that I am quite pissed by all those people complaining about chinese products in the forums. Every important headphone maker use chinese parts. Get over it.
People should judge the quality of the product they have in hand, instead of complaining about its provenance.
China is the biggest manufacturing country in the world. It does anything from very cheap to very expensive, and extremely high end.
Heck, most of the high-end stuff is from China!
It probably is the greatest country in the world. Get over it, people.
That amp is quite neutral, slightly to the warm side, very mellow, beautiful sounding, and extremely well constructed.