A point of fact, not everything JH is made in America. This is not a slight against JH, just a correction of a statement. As most people know, the main suppliers for balanced armature drivers is Sonion and Knowles. They have factories outside of the USA. in locations such as Vietnam, Philippines, and China.
I will grant that more than likely JH does utilize certain materials (if not the majority) that are unique to America, and so does Noble, and more than likely a lot of other CIEM/IEM companies do as well. (This is because some of the best materials are found there, and rival other options found else where)
As for Noble being a start up, I'm the type of person that may always see Noble as a start up, and I think it was Mark Cuban that said an entrepreneur should always be paranoid, but I don't mind the work, the stress and the sleepless nights.
How big will Noble get? I don't know, but for a quick review, lets look at Noble's offerings
- Custom Prestige
- hand made custom "Wizard" art sold at a premium
- hand made Wizard reprints
- Hand made "standard products"
- SLA CIEMs
Universal - since the launch of Noble, we have introduced 7 Universal products
Noble 3
Noble 4
Noble 5
Noble 6
Switch (x2)
Savant
K10U & the K10 UA
Universal - the introduction of a double digit Universal in an aluminium housing
Universal - (Wizard) Hand Finished Universals with a unique design
Blue Tooth Dongle
Last but not least
The Noble One, studio monitors with an entry price of $16,000
So if Noble is still in start up phase,
Dewey Cox couldn't have said it any better