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.....Many a time I have heard negative reviews on alot of Chinese Audio Equiptment. I hear from time to
time "I am very careful with it cause its cheap." Or perhaps "You get what you pay for." My favorite is, "Chinese manufactured
cables are no good." I have mounted up and want to say some things that I may think are relevent to the "Buying of inexpensive
audio gear." One: I have been led to believe that all audio gear, beacause of its nature, not because of its price tag should
be handled carefully. If I bounce a Mackie board off the pavement, it is likely to have a problem with it no matter what the
cost of that particular board was. I have dropped Pioneer, I have dropped Nady, what survived may suprise some folks. If you
baby the gear physically, it will only help your effort, irregardless if it were constructed in Bei Ging or Santa Monica.
Get what ya pay for? Huh. Last week Chinaman rolled into our studio, yes rolled, 2100 watts of rms power for the incredible
cost of $650.00 US. If I had to buy domestic, I would have to take a new mortgage on my house. There is a stragedy that I
am going to provide for a would be producer looking to create a true studio enviorment for his or herself on a modest budget.
Don't get caught paying too much attention to loud cooling fans and cheesy Chinese graphics, and limited features. That is
only part of the equation. Instead, look at what you are getting per dollar and are my needs TRUELY being served. Think bigger
than an armchair musician. When someone can offer a 700 watt power amp for $130.00 US, don't buy one and jerk off about it
and wait for it to break. Instead buy 3 and truely study if that gear is good or bad. Is the gear good or bad or am I just
too smoked up to remember what I just did to fry my shit. Short circuits have no prejudice on where or by who a particular
product was made. Always turn your gear off to reconfigure wiring whether ya think ya can swing the connection real fast or
not. Count how many times you have seen a bandmate or a fellow musician pullin cords out of a rig like a pig with his or her
gear on full tilt. Oh dear God those noises. Those gear leveling noises. I have been guilty of it myself. Always buy an extended
warranty (Replacement warranties when availible) and incorparate them into your studios costs. Copper is copper and aluminum
is aluminum in any Galaxy. If you don't think the Asian market has a grasp on electronics yet, than try to rethink the topic.
If you lean a guitar on its jack and your signal starts breaking up down the road, just don't blame the $6.99 cord, is all
I'm trying to say. Long live the Asian factories producing the gear that makes hobbiests take IT to the next level.
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