I agree with the above two posters. When given the choice, I will gladly pay a little more to buy something made here, Canada, Europe, or Japan.

(I had an MC-12, and I just laughed when I saw the proposed MSRP for the new one.)

One thing that has dumbfounded me for years ... It is no secret that China undervalues its currency to artificially make its products cheaper overseas. In addition to the fact they don't really support the same environmental, social security, health care, pension, union costs, etc, that we and other developed countries have.

But this doesn't just affect us. I have Mirage speakers, made in Canada. No more. All their stuff is made in China now. And now there's word that newer Marantz AV7005's are made in China and not Japan. So my bewilderment is at *all* the countries of the world that put up with "the giant sucking sound" of jobs moving from their respective countries to China.

I don't get it. Not at all.