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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 76538" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Behringer X32 - things to check when you get itThe only thing I enjoy more than learning about product design on sound forums, is learning about manufacturing process control. There is no doubt that Deming got more respect in Japan than stateside, I wouldn&#039;t say that he was completely ignored by competent US manufacturers. While manufacturing dynamics have evolved over the decades with the always ramping labor costs. Building stuff correctly the first time is demonstrably cheaper.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are many popular buzzwords associated with quality assurance strategies, mostly used in marketing. The Japanese made a big deal about process, after they got religion about it several decades ago. One elephant in the room for gear assembled half way around the world is that the gear gets shipped over great distances, often receiving some hard drops while still in the container, and dropped again later when distributed locally, mail order/internet buyers get it shipped yet one more time. There are multiple opportunities for stuff to happen. Modern packaging technology has reduced these incidental failures to a low rumble, but stuff still shifts or breaks, or comes loose when beat hard and repeatedly. JR PS: I just experienced a built-in microphone inside my drum tuner that broke during the shipment just going across the continental US, handled with care by our loving, soft-handed Postal workers.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :-)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":-)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 76538, member: 126"] Re: Behringer X32 - things to check when you get it The only thing I enjoy more than learning about product design on sound forums, is learning about manufacturing process control. There is no doubt that Deming got more respect in Japan than stateside, I wouldn't say that he was completely ignored by competent US manufacturers. While manufacturing dynamics have evolved over the decades with the always ramping labor costs. Building stuff correctly the first time is demonstrably cheaper. There are many popular buzzwords associated with quality assurance strategies, mostly used in marketing. The Japanese made a big deal about process, after they got religion about it several decades ago. One elephant in the room for gear assembled half way around the world is that the gear gets shipped over great distances, often receiving some hard drops while still in the container, and dropped again later when distributed locally, mail order/internet buyers get it shipped yet one more time. There are multiple opportunities for stuff to happen. Modern packaging technology has reduced these incidental failures to a low rumble, but stuff still shifts or breaks, or comes loose when beat hard and repeatedly. JR PS: I just experienced a built-in microphone inside my drum tuner that broke during the shipment just going across the continental US, handled with care by our loving, soft-handed Postal workers. :-) [/QUOTE]

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