After the hype of Chinese HiFi brands, what is the jury?

[thewas]

Well engineered products at very low costs.
Brought to you on the backs of human suffering..
Whenever possible I'll pass.

I personally strongly doubt most of such electronic devices (not IEMs) are even well engineered, as they are optimised for some not important "brochure metric" like SINAD while suffer under other often more audible ones like load dependency and even more important under poor lifetime, repairability and customer support as it has been seen in the forum dozens of times already. Only if they still work fine after 20+ years like most Hifi from the golden era it is something I would call good engineering, but other people have the right to see it differently.

 

[A Surfer]

Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.

 

[aslan7]

Hi Mr Vinyl,

Am assuming that you don't mean this in a derogatory manner towards all Chinese people. We have a Forum specific Policy to avoid this description. Therefore, we kindly request our Members avoid using this terminology “Chi-fi” as it can have negative connotations for such companies and individuals.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding in this regard.

Just for the record, the idea that gave rise to this expression--namely that Chinese products are all cheap--is completely erroneous. They make some truly magnificent products of the highest quality. Anyone familiar with the history of Chinese porcelain and various utilitarian objects will know that.

 

[AdamG]

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