killie99;208852 Wrote: > > I think you're playing with semantics regarding whether something is > "manufactured" or "assembled" and if you ask 100 people what they think > that means you'll get a stack of different answers.
Maybe so. I claim no expertise in anything quite as useful as electronics manufacturing or the law of product marking, sadly. As an English graduate I suppose semantics is more my turf and there's a clear distinction in my mind between "making" a thing and "assembling" it (OED: assemble - fit together the parts of). I'd like to think I'm not excessively naïve about electronics manufacturing in the global economy: God knows I own enough "Made in China" Apple products. Nor, as a UK national, am I banging any patriotic drum. It's just that when researching the Squeezebox I'm sure I came across articles emphasising the in-house (USA-based) manufacturing operation. I suppose I equated that with a certain ethical standard and to my way of thinking that was part of the attraction in the product. I like the idea of buying stuff from smart guys trying to do things the right way on a small scale. That romantic idealism goes a long way in my mind to justifying a price premium (US equivalent circa $375 per SB, and yes I know some of that's UK VAT). -- sixofone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sixofone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11979 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35899
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