Suggest you take in less caffeine and re-read my posting slowly. I doubt Outlaw and Emotiva are using the same OEM. My comment is simply that they're both very low volume niche sales outlets for gear assembled by 3rd parties in China for them. As such, I'll be curious to see what lives inside the boxes when they (eventually) ship.

And if you can't see the Chinese government strategy to subvert our manufacturing economy then there's not a whole lot I can say. Pick up any newspaper, search google, and open your eyes. They're not even particularly interested in hiding it anymore.

Best,