My monitor 60's are made in China ?

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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2008
    furball wrote: »
    You should ask the reverse question.

    What would happen to the CEO's of those U.S. companies if they didn't move all their operations overseas.

    Fook the CEO's, and the polititions (poly=many tics=blood suckers). Kill them all, and start all over. Its plainly painful they care more about their pockets than their people;)

    Oops I got mad, and said the F word:mad:
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    furball wrote: »
    You should ask the reverse question.

    What would happen to the CEO's of those U.S. companies if they didn't move all their operations overseas.

    CEO's / COO's should have a cap placed on their salaries and benefits

    that's all i gotta say. some CEO's make millions, truly filthy rich.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    CEO's / COO's should have a cap placed on their salaries and benefits

    that's all i gotta say. some CEO's make millions, truly filthy rich.

    They are dirty. They would still get money on the side:(
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  • Ryder888
    Ryder888 Posts: 37
    edited March 2008
    furball wrote: »
    What would happen to the CEO's of those U.S. companies if they didn't move all their operations overseas.


    Who cares about the CEO's ? I don't. Thats the dang problem..."As long as i get mine, i'm not worried about you attitude". It's ok to sell our souls, so some guy can get a 20 million bonus this year ? How many CEO's have ran their company into the ground, yet made millions for themselves ? :mad:

    Look, i'm happy with the speakers. I was just surprised. I just noticed Energy speakers are designed in Canada and made....guess where ? To me, made in China = cheap, but I guess thats the way things are headed.
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  • Braddles
    Braddles Posts: 228
    edited March 2008
    You will find most of these companies have some of their own people overseeing things like quality control. As long as the same tech bits are going in to the products then where it is assembled shouldnt matter too much.

    Some companies ane not following the trend like Focal/JM lab. Designed in France. Made in France. More expensive than other similar performance products.

    Can anyone confirm that only the LSi series are made from start to finish in the Polk factory as my local dealer leads me to believe?
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2008
    I believe that all Polks are made in china. They get the specs directly from Polk HQ. At least that is what I remember being told at PF2005.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2008
    I've been told that all production will be moved to Antarctica starting in 2009.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited March 2008
    Uhhn that wouldn't be a very stable idea seeing how it's melting!:eek:;):p
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited March 2008
    ...press "7" for english....
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  • warren
    warren Posts: 756
    edited March 2008
    The barbers and the plumbers pay into Social Security, the politicans dont!!! They have their own federal retirement. %$#^&... politicans!!!
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    you're going to have headaches."
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  • jwhitakr
    jwhitakr Posts: 568
    edited March 2008
    I don't care where my Polk Audio speakers are made.

    Now, if Polk decides to start selling ice cream, that's a whole different ballgame. I INSIST that all my ice cream comes from Le Mars, Iowa and not from Antartica. Everyone knows that there is a good reason Le Mars is the ice cream capital of the world.
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  • Hyper_Lite83
    Hyper_Lite83 Posts: 11
    edited April 2008
    furball wrote: »
    People used to have this same attitude towards stuff made in Japan. Now made in Japan is a sign of quality. It just takes time.

    Products from SVS, av123, and almost all those internet direct companies are made in China.

    Japan didn't sell us toothpaste with anti-freeze, poison in our dog food, or kill our offspring with lead paint.

    Nothing that comes from China is made from quality.

    /thread.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited April 2008
    Hyper_Lite83 wrote: »
    Nothing that comes from China is made from quality.

    /thread.

    How do you feel about products made in Malaysia?
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited April 2008
    Oh please LINM, don't even bother. Hyper can go on a rant about China but can't take the time to do some research in the month he has been here to find out that his receiver can't handle LSI's by itself. So he blames the speakers for his lack of research.:rolleyes:
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  • mightymouse
    mightymouse Posts: 254
    edited April 2008
    Are you sure?

    Lead paint wasn't banned in the U.S. until 1978, so the Japanese had plenty of time to "poison" us with their cheap exports lined with shiny lead paint (all of us probably chewed on those lead paint on toys from Japan at one time or another). And for that matter, we've been chewing on lead painted toys from Europe for god knows how long... It must be those damned Brits still hold a grudge against us for not paying their tea tax...

    Ever played with tin toys when you were a little kid? Or did you ever use tin lined pots in your kitchen? Plenty of heavy metal poisoning right there.

    And who was it that invented those damned disposable foldable umbrellas? Those umbrellas that would break after just one use. The Japanese.

    And who was it that pioneered those cheap shoes that would fall apart after wearing them for just one month? The Japanese.

    And who was it that pioneered those cheap disposable transistor radios, the kind that would quit working after just one month of use? The Japanese.



    Did the quality of Japanese products improve? Sure thing.

    Will the quality of Chinese products improve? You bet.
    Hyper_Lite83 wrote: »
    Japan didn't sell us toothpaste with anti-freeze, poison in our dog food, or kill our offspring with lead paint.

    Nothing that comes from China is made from quality.

    /thread.
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited April 2008
    cfrizz wrote: »
    Oh please LINM, don't even bother. Hyper can go on a rant about China but can't take the time to do some research in the month he has been here to find out that his receiver can't handle LSI's by itself. So he blames the speakers for his lack of research.:rolleyes:

    Guess why I mentioned Malaysia, specifically.......:D
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited April 2008
    ROTFLMAO!!!!! :D Good one LINM!

    Oh well, when Hyper & others are ready to give up their BIG salaries & benefits, & employee protection laws etc., to make the products that these companies have outsourced to other countries for pennies things will be good again in the USA!

    PS, you really do need a shorter screen name!:eek:;):D
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  • LessisNevermore
    LessisNevermore Posts: 1,519
    edited April 2008
    cfrizz wrote: »
    ROTFLMAO!!!!! :D Good one LINM!

    Oh well, when Hyper & others are ready to give up their BIG salaries & benefits, & employee protection laws etc., to make the products that these companies have outsourced to other countries for pennies things will be good again in the USA!

    PS, you really do need a shorter screen name!:eek:;):D

    Well, normally I'm in the same corner, just wanted to point out a reason that he might not like the LSi15's. In the interest of disclosure, I'm a union millwright, so obviously I don't get involved in talking politics here.(or as I like to call it: pissing up a rope)

    I've accepted the fact that almost all electronics originate overseas. My XPA-5 is proof that the work is definitely coming up to snuff.

    You can shorten it to DJ, if you like. :D
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  • greene1968
    greene1968 Posts: 126
    edited April 2008
    how you liking that xpa-5? I have a Lpa-1 , i like mine, fixing to get one of there pre pros
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