Chinese Audio Equipment

[Kit1cat]

A couple of months back I bought a Little Bear P2 headphone amp, the first thing I noticed was the phono sockets were labeled wrong, Left was Right and vice versa, I was sent a replacement which had the same problem, so I just swapped the cables around. Last week I purchased a esinkin bluetooth receiver, also made in China, and I have just noticed it has the same problem. Is this a know problem, any one else noticed this? Make's we wonder how people have purchased these items and could have the same problem.

[sumday]

for xmas to myself I took a punt on a cheap Chinese DAC from amazon.
plumbed for a SMSL Sanskrit 6th reduced from 150 down to 70 quid.
arrived in 3 days from order and very chuffed with my choice. A full metal, tiny box with coax, toslink and usb input and a wallwart supply.
there is a pukka 9v regulated supply available as a upgrade too.

as the package had been in transit a while, on unpackaging the device was FREEZING...left it at room temp a couple of hours while the wife dragged me shopping!!

upon return I plugged it in and sat back to listen....sounded awful!!

BUT....I gave it a couple of hours warmup via the toslink to my tv set and later that evening had another shot.
now the sound was MUCH better....smoother and deeper than my Yamaha's on board dac

I guess with the cheap Chinese kit....particularly via amazon....I really pays to check all the reviews.

well pleased.....NIGE

[Kit1cat]

Must admit, I am well pleased with the sound from the Bluetooth receiver for £20, now I swapped the cables over. Sounds great with Deezer.

[agk]

I can't fault any of the Chinese gear I've had. All did exactly as it was meant to and did it well.

I am somewhat curious about the screw hanging from the bottom of my amp though.

[walpurgis]

I've had a few Chinese valve amps and been well pleased with them. In fact I've had no bother with any Chinese electrical product. The sellers have always been helpful and polite too.

[SLS]

Most audio equipment is made in China. Most European manufacturers have their own managers overseeing production. Have recently been using Quad, Audiolab and Aries - all made in China - and all superb.

Companies like Grant Fidelity in Canada distribute leading Chinese brands that are shipped globally direct from the Chinese factory. Brilliant business model.

[paulf-2007]

Me too, all the Chinese I've kit I've had has worked faultlessly and the first two, a valve hybrid amp and Dac I still use. I'm off to Beijing next week but have no idea where hifi kit is sold and no interest to buy anything as I'm completely satisfied with what I have.

[Kit1cat]

I have no problems with the sound quality for the price, once the cables are swapped round. Just wonder if people bother to check the stereo output? I was just lucky that one of my test recordings (David Bowie - Space Oddity) has very distinctive left/right channels which I noticed right away.

[walpurgis]

Just wonder if people bother to check the stereo output?

Check it for what Barry?

[struth]

Check it for what Barry?

Think he is referring to wiring of left and right channels which are sometimes x-ed. Its also worth checking for a case earth as they often dont bother.