For sure.
Am simply asking for transparency on the claims made by Tannoy and the distributors. BBC and other news outlets reported on the closing of the factory. I'm simply enquiring.
I would think if a product is in fact still manufactured in the UK, they would be proud to state that unequivocally and answer the BBC report I quoted as the plant having been closed. It's a very simple question that has a very simple yes or no answer.
Personally, I don't understand what "the problem" is here.
Where a loudspeaker, amp, premp, DAC, whatever, is made has
virtually no bearing, influence, effect, etc.
whatsoever, on how it performs or sounds. The only key things that drives functionality and the quality of an audo product is...HOW it is designed, manufactured, and the quality of parts and materials it is made from.
If folks think that an audio product manufactured in the UK is than "better" somewhere else, well, as a 6S Master Black Belt, my request would be: "Show me the data".
Here's the bottom line: if you build two "units" of specific product, say a loudspeaker, one in the UK, and one in Asia, with the same exact design, the same exact parts, the same exact manufacturing process capability (
aka Cp/Cpk), assembly tolerances, manufacturing operator expertise, and inspected with the same exact QC/QA procedures, they will sound...IDENTICAL.
So...what I'd like to see, then, is the manufacturing process Cp/Cpk data and control charts that supports with
statistically valid data that products manufactured to the specifications I've described above in
different geographical regions are "different" with respect to their quality.
The bottom lne is: It doesn't matter WHERE these products are made, only HOW.
Physics works the same way
everywhere.
It is not bound by geographical constraints.