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Originally Posted by lwells  Are you suggesting that the D10 has sub-par build quality because it was not manufactured in the US?
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ABSOLUTELY
NOT!!!
Look, I've been working with audio gear for ages. There have been as many pieces of crappy gear poorly designed and assembled in this country as anywhere else in the world. My "suggestion" was based on the "cost of doing business" in the US as compared to, say, the Far East. Labor costs here are higher, as well property costs, among other things. Those costs have to be recouped, and are passed down to the final selling price of the product. Items made (well) in the US are (usually) going to cost more than an equivalent (well made) item made in, say, China. Yes - my premise IS that simple.
I have figured out, yes I have, that iBasso makes top-drawer gear. It doesn't take much investigation to reach that conclusion.
As an aside, I consider that one of my greatest gear purchase "coups" was a Zero DAC headphone amp (made in China) that I bought a few years ago on eBay. Less than $150 I paid for the thing, and it's one of the better sounding DAC's that I've heard (no, it isn't
quite a Benchmark Audio in SQ), and well as having build quality as good as (or better) than most anything out there.
Just sayin'
~~~~Sara
