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I would do anything to have rolls and rolls of power wire like that just laying around. I dunno about the girl though. They usually get kinda aggravating. Anywho, why do you care about that anyway? The United States simply is not a competetive manufacturer of consumer electronic goods. Especially lower end commodities like stereo gear simply is not made domestically at anything approaching a reasonable cost. This isn't a bad thing... just that low end production jobs are moving to where wages are lower. Don't believe everything you hear about this. Competitive companies, like Kicker for example, are in the 'information' export business... domesitcally *designed* products are then produced overseas for a fraction of the cost. In this sense, America is still exporting its most valuable commodity... our intelligence. Besides, the farther you are away from a product the more money you make on it. Don't all the installers here complain about being underpaid? That's not a mistake, its a market reality. If you're worried about the American manufacturing sector.. worry not... we still lead the planet by several orders of magnitude when we built complicated things. Like machine tools."I'm finished!" - Daniel Plainview

The "girl" Is the one who travels to shows with me, the one who took 2nd place in her class at 2005 USACi world finals, The one who regularly attends shows and whoops up on most of the guys with her civic coupe. I just prove a point when in accuracys are made2009 0-1000 Trunk WR 154.0DB 2009 1001+ Trunk WR

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sedate wrote: Anywho, why do you care about that anyway?

jeffchilcott wrote: I just prove a point when in accuracys are made

I'm sorry Jeff, I was refering back to the original poster with this comment. Very unclear by the structure my post. "I'm finished!" - Daniel Plainview

Hey, sedate! Where ya been?!? Howz that EQ treating you... Made in USA!!! It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

haemphyst wrote: Well, what it REALLY says is the Stillwater Designs is headquartered in Stillwater, OK. It does NOT say that it does not have MANUFACTURING FACILITIES in other places in the world. Manufactured BY, yes. Headquartered IN, yes. But manufactured IN? Nope. Says nothing of the sort. For it to MEAN that, it should say Designed by Stillwater Designs, and manufactured by Stillwater Designs IN Stillwater, OK.

Thank you for clarifying that for me haemphyst. I was really lost there for a min. I don't even sell kicker; but that didn't sound right!

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Was she at WF this year Jeff. She looks familiar?David Fancher

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she was with me at world finals this year2009 0-1000 Trunk WR 154.0DB 2009 1001+ Trunk WR

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Thought so. Hooray for women in the Loudest sport on earth!! Showin some of theese guys how it's done!David Fancher

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sedate wrote: I would do anything to have rolls and rolls of power wire like that just laying around. I dunno about the girl though. They usually get kinda aggravating. Anywho, why do you care about that anyway? The United States simply is not a competetive manufacturer of consumer electronic goods. Especially lower end commodities like stereo gear simply is not made domestically at anything approaching a reasonable cost. This isn't a bad thing... just that low end production jobs are moving to where wages are lower. Don't believe everything you hear about this. Competitive companies, like Kicker for example, are in the 'information' export business... domesitcally *designed* products are then produced overseas for a fraction of the cost. In this sense, America is still exporting its most valuable commodity... our intelligence. Besides, the farther you are away from a product the more money you make on it. Don't all the installers here complain about being underpaid? That's not a mistake, its a market reality. If you're worried about the American manufacturing sector.. worry not... we still lead the planet by several orders of magnitude when we built complicated things. Like machine tools.

Very well put Sedate.  Manufacturing moving overseas due to lower wages hasn't lowered the unemployment rate in the US.  It just simply changed the type of jobs available.

I will try and get a 5 channel us amps amp. Now if I could only find speakers manufactured here that would be wonderful. Also i deffinetly here your arguments that this exporting of manufacturing is not destroying the country or anything but if there are products made here why shouldn't I buy them? If ford and GM make good stuff why not make an extra effort to get something from here?