Memphis Made in Korea?

So here I was taking the day off from work I went to my local Shop where they are an offical Memphis Dealer
So Im looking at all the equipment and on every box I see made in Korea, now I thought they made everything stateside, thus the price they charge for thier equipment

I also happended to noticed that there were no serials numbers on the boxes nor any of the equipment only the Warranty cards had the Serial numbers, anyone but me find this odd?

So when I got home I took out my memphis amp and looked, no serial number on it, nor on the box  "Yes I save all my boxes"  Anyone have any thoughts on this, something is starting to smell fishy

Later
--Skold

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I have seen conterfit equipment before. And I would think that serial #s are useless unless they are on the product itself. Contact Memphis and see.

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I got the urge to take off the back panel of my amp and there and behold was the serial, now thats a slick plase to put a serial number  and I wont believe this retailers stuff is counterfeit hes listed right on Memphis site

I'll call Memphis on Monday and just double check

But Korea?

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2004 Honda Civic Ex 4Dr

Kenwood DDX-7015/W Nav
4 Fosgate T152C
Hifonics Brutus BX1500D
RE XXX 12 in a 4 Cube Snail Shell

Man Korea is one of the most tech. advanced contries in the world.

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Well South Korea anyway.

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Korea these days builds pretty much everything related to car audio. There is some good stuff, some stellar stuff, some OK stuff and some absolute bloody crap as well. Memphis fits somewhere in the mix above the latter.

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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

As in .. OK or good?

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Korea these days builds pretty much everything related to car audio. There is some good stuff, some stellar stuff, some OK stuff and some absolute bloody crap as well. Memphis fits somewhere in the mix above the latter.

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So in the good to stellar range huh.. I'll agree with that, im just concerned about the serial numbers not being on the box or equipment, now granted after I took my amp apart I found it, but you would think a small sticker on the outside of the box isnt going to cost much

Your thoughts on the serials?

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2004 Honda Civic Ex 4Dr

Kenwood DDX-7015/W Nav
4 Fosgate T152C
Hifonics Brutus BX1500D
RE XXX 12 in a 4 Cube Snail Shell

A lot of well-respected companies sell equipment made in Korea these days, including Xtant, Zapco, Eclipse, Memphis, JBL,  etc. etc. etc.  Over the last 15 years Korea has become a world-class manufacturing center.

That being said, I believe the high-end Memphis line is manufactured in the USA, but I could be wrong.

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As with Zapco, the Reference line and the Competition line are made in the US, but as a marketing technique and to try to keep up with the industry, the lower line I-Force are made overseas, They are a relatively cheaper amplifier, but pack a nice little punch with them, though not the typical SQ of the higher line Zapco equipment.

DYohn, I think you are correct in saying the higher end Memphis is manufactured in the US, unless they have transferred over in the last couple years, I ahve installed some older equipment that was infact labeled "Made in USA"

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For a "Made in USA" sticker, all the unit must have is one component of many made in the USA.. As far as the serial# issue goes, the manufacturer in 99.99% of the time does not make the box the product is shipped in. A second sticker adds another process on the box manufacturing line + another process in the packaging line + another process in the sticker manufacturing plant = more $ for a little tiny sticker. Some companies do this, others do not. Personally I like to have my boxes with serial #'s on them, it all depends on how the build factories in Korea are set up. Take Memphis as it is our example here. It is built at a build factory that may build 10 other different brands of amplifiers on the same assembly lines, then they go to different packaging areas. Chances are that the other 10 brands don't have serial#'s on their boxes either.

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Top Secret, I can tell you but then my wife will kill me.

You have a valid point with serial issue.
I just thought it was odd, especially when I had to take my amp apart to find the serial

Thanks all, now lets get into something dirty about the industry how common are counterfeits as it pertains to car audio I searched the web and could not come up with much, does anyone have any current links pictures stories?

Later

--Skold

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2004 Honda Civic Ex 4Dr

Kenwood DDX-7015/W Nav
4 Fosgate T152C
Hifonics Brutus BX1500D
RE XXX 12 in a 4 Cube Snail Shell

Counterfeits are more common than you may think in EVERY industry. Everything from car parts to shampoo. I suggest the book "The Art of the Steal". Its by Frank Abagnale (the man the movie "Catch Me if You Can" is about.) It goes into many subjects, but it has a nice section about counterfeit merchandise. It is acutally a very nice read and very informative.

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