[Dream] Monitors (Again?!@$%#)

[Misha Lepetich]

hi adam

i can't speak to the DynAudios, but i have to say i love my mackies, which i've had since 2003.

i'm surprised to hear that they moved production to china, it seemed like the whole "made in usa"
thing was a big point of pride. well, i suppose converse all-stars (chuck taylors) are made in
china now, too.

but seriously, you have to consider that mackie is not going to move production to china simply to
cut down on labour costs - if they did only that, then they would be sourcing a large part of
their components from...the united states. which doesn't make a lot of sense. (of course, i
suppose that they may have sourced a lot of their supply chain gradually - these things don't
happen overnight).

like all-stars, which now tend to fall apart a little faster than they used to, i would expect the
mackies to exhibit slightly poorer quality - the same thing happened when sony moved its
production from japan to china. i used to be a hardcore sony loyalist, but no longer.

apologies for the seemingly sinophobic post, but this is simply the reality of globalization. on
the other hand, i am sure that the people who are willing to sell you a $600 volume knob can
guarantee that it was made in the united states...or can they?

chrs
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--- Adam Meltdown <meltdown at australiens.net> wrote:

> Hey All,
> 
> If there's one thing I hate, it's yet ANOTHER thread about monitors.  I
> don't like threads about monitors, ever... Except in the rare circumstance
> that it's ME getting new monitors... :)  In which case I really LOVE threads
> about monitors.  Which brings me to the topic of this email - monitors.
> 
> So I've finally had enough with the Alesis M1 Actives.  To say I dislike
> them a LOT would be an understatement.
> 
> So it was going to be a simple decision, I'd decided to get the Mackie
> HR824's, as they've come down dramatically in price (here in Australia
> anyway).  But there's been a few small spanners in the works.   The new
> 824's are now all made in China, while the older ones were made in USA.
> I've heard a number of mixed reports ranging from "the new ones aren't as
> good sound quality" through to "they're both exactly the same".  A friend
> who works in a store here in Sydney claims that the newer ones get taken
> back for repair a bit more often than the old ones, so I'm guessing that
> perhaps the physical reliability may be a little less, but the sound quality
> I would imagine must be close to the same, if they're all still made to
> specification?  Any techies know much about this?  If not specifically, even
> generally - is it likely the quality would be THAT different based on where
> they're manufactured (even if made to spec)?   Some have suggested I should
> look out for used second hand USA made ones instead of the brand new
> (non-USA) ones.  It would be more convenient to get brand new ones.
> 
> Then I found through a source that supposedly we here in AU can get Dynaudio
> BM6A's delivered from OS in a "special" way such that they're basically the
> same price as the mackies here (maybe a slight fraction dearer).  
> 
> So I guess my question is this - Has anyone had experience with any of these
> monitors and if so could you share your opinion?  If anyone has done A/B
> comparisons on Mackie HR824's USA made, Non-USA made, Dynaudio BM6A's, your
> opinion would be greatly appreciated.  And before someone tells me to have a
> listen and decide for myself what I like, I already have, I will do so
> again, but I don't entirely trust my ears so some feedback from fellow
> musicians would be greatly appreciated :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Adam
> 
> 
> 
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