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<blockquote data-quote="Pl8er" data-source="post: 4727248" data-attributes="member: 540634">First off, let me say that I consider you in the top 3% of people in here on knowledge.&nbsp; That being said, I couldn&#039;t disagree more with what you said there.Most raw materials (especially ones used in speaker design) are produced in China.&nbsp; All but 8 of my sources (we have about 20ish) for raw Al, Ti, Copper come from China now.&nbsp; You don&#039;t directly see this because of the way that it is sent in, rebranded and then distributed but I can assure you that I am buying directly from china.&nbsp; The product we build from this material makes at least 40% of the worlds electronics, solar technology and FPD (flat panel display).One of the downfalls (well at least for SI, not so much for us) is any intellectual property that they have given this build house will be used to make a product almost identical but cheaper (we saw it with Konaki).&nbsp; The hardest thing about using China for the products that we make and the technology that anyone is doing is that they could care less about reverse engineering or just straight taking the design and making it themselves.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pl8er, post: 4727248, member: 540634"] First off, let me say that I consider you in the top 3% of people in here on knowledge. That being said, I couldn't disagree more with what you said there. Most raw materials (especially ones used in speaker design) are produced in China. All but 8 of my sources (we have about 20ish) for raw Al, Ti, Copper come from China now. You don't directly see this because of the way that it is sent in, rebranded and then distributed but I can assure you that I am buying directly from china. The product we build from this material makes at least 40% of the worlds electronics, solar technology and FPD (flat panel display). One of the downfalls (well at least for SI, not so much for us) is any intellectual property that they have given this build house will be used to make a product almost identical but cheaper (we saw it with Konaki). The hardest thing about using China for the products that we make and the technology that anyone is doing is that they could care less about reverse engineering or just straight taking the design and making it themselves. [/QUOTE]

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