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<blockquote data-quote="Arik Semagin" data-source="post: 113677" data-attributes="member: 5072">Re: NAMMI like QSC, most of my main mobile PA boxes are QSC HPR153i, have six of them. Subs are JBL SRX-728s, but powered by QSC PLX-3602 amps. Also have GX-7 amps driving JBL dual 15&quot; sidefills. Had to get them all used, HPRs were no longer available as new, amps were like new, barely used. Had K-12 as floor monitors before switching to in-ears. Small QSCs are reasonable, only product that&#039;s priced over the top is KLA line array. $2500 for a KLA-12 two-way 12&quot; speaker (basic block of KLA), which is essentially the same as $800 K-12, in slightly different box, is way too much. Same about KLA-181 sub, same speaker as KW-181 floor sub in slightly bigger box and line array mounting hardware, but costs $2399, twice as much.&quot;Made in USA&quot; has little value, for me it&#039;s rather admitting own inability to set up cost-efficient production overseas. All our Apple products are made in China, mostly by Foxconn (contract manufacturer), and nobody complains about quality of iPhones, iPads and MacBooks. And as Behringer has shown us, you can make quality products in China by having own factory where you control every aspect of production. Essentially it is German factory in China, staffed by Chinese workers. I&#039;d rather see them assembling products, following instructions to the last dot, than union-rotten American workforce that will drive cost through the roof.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arik Semagin, post: 113677, member: 5072"] Re: NAMM I like QSC, most of my main mobile PA boxes are QSC HPR153i, have six of them. Subs are JBL SRX-728s, but powered by QSC PLX-3602 amps. Also have GX-7 amps driving JBL dual 15" sidefills. Had to get them all used, HPRs were no longer available as new, amps were like new, barely used. Had K-12 as floor monitors before switching to in-ears. Small QSCs are reasonable, only product that's priced over the top is KLA line array. $2500 for a KLA-12 two-way 12" speaker (basic block of KLA), which is essentially the same as $800 K-12, in slightly different box, is way too much. Same about KLA-181 sub, same speaker as KW-181 floor sub in slightly bigger box and line array mounting hardware, but costs $2399, twice as much. "Made in USA" has little value, for me it's rather admitting own inability to set up cost-efficient production overseas. All our Apple products are made in China, mostly by Foxconn (contract manufacturer), and nobody complains about quality of iPhones, iPads and MacBooks. And as Behringer has shown us, you can make quality products in China by having own factory where you control every aspect of production. Essentially it is German factory in China, staffed by Chinese workers. I'd rather see them assembling products, following instructions to the last dot, than union-rotten American workforce that will drive cost through the roof. [/QUOTE]

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