Made in China

2011-06-08T08:24:00.000-07:00

I was inside an Power Mac Store browsing for an earphones, one guy approaches the stall and aperently he was looking for headphones, professional headphones. I cant help but to overhear his conversation with a staff. He said that he has a professional headphones that was sent from the U.S. then he look at the back of the box of the headphones that he liked. He saw that it was made in China. He quickly loses interest to the headphones and bragged that his headphones was made in U.S.

I realize that he is a DJ or something because he said to the staff that he had different DJ headphones. Well this got me thinking, what has a country, from where it was made, makes its sound/build quality differ from another? Well as far as my experience with many different products made in China, the country where it was made does not deteriorates the quality of the product, atleast with products from a big company.

So what if the headphones was made in China, the fact that it passed the tight quality control of the company means that it will perform as good as the ones made in US. Many companies, if not most, has a assembly line in China because labor is fairly cheaper there. Almost all the things that we use are made in China anyway, atleast here in the Philippines, but still the quality is the same with the ones made in US.

Yes, i know that almost all replicas was made in China but the products that i were pointing out were the ones in autorized dealers and youll be sure that it will be authentic. In the end of the day, i said to myself that maybe that guy is not a professional at all because he puts country of origin first than the quality itself.

So my tips for the consumers, made in China is not a good gauge that the product will more likely to fail than ones made in other country. If you are interested in a certain product always take time to reseacrh, more likely other users of that product will give you an idea to how that product performs.

Thanks for reading!

- Gabs

Please feel free to drop a comment just go easy on me for i am still new in this community, thanks again! :D

OEM earphones and headphones?

2011-06-06T06:17:00.000-07:00

Here in the Philippines, music lovers, including me, need a high quality earphones or headset to match their audio devices. Decent earphones cost around 1500php to 4000php and high quality earphones/headphones cost above that. A very hefty price but it is a must if you truly love your music.

While checking my Facebook account, I stumbled upon cheap, i mean really cheap, earphones, in-ear monitors(IEM) and headphones. Those deals really caught my eyes! I read the description below the photos and quickly see that they are “OEM”(Original Equipment Manufacturer) i know that OEMs are more common on computer and car parts. I quickly did a research to what is OEM and the keyword that shows up in all the description is re-branded. For example, a JVC CRT televion has a Toshiba screen inside, meaning JVC has bought the Toshiba screen and r- branded it under JVC brand name. Hopefully you get the idea.

Now back to the OEM earphones and headphones, as i said earlier the keyword is re-branded, these earphones and headphones are under Monster’s brand name and it is the Beats by Dr. Dre series. Well that does not fit the description of OEM itself. The sellers of the so-called OEM products rates the audio quality 9 out of 10, i told to myself i must try this out. Luckily I have a friend who already have a Tour Beats by Dr. Dre i quickly borrowed it and plugged it in my audio player. Well i must say that it fits comfortably in my ear but five seconds after the music plays I quickly removed it. The audio really quality is bad for a 990-1000php IEM the sound is muffled it is not music anymore it is more like noise to me. Well that not a good deal after all and if you add a little more of your money you can get a Creative EP-630, which has a very good sound quality for its price.

For me, theses “OEM’s” are just Class A replicas. Sellers just placed “OEM” so more buyers will come in. A scam really.

My tip to all who want those Monster Beats by Dr. Dre is to save up and get the real thing or add a little more to your money to buy a quality earphones because this so-called OEM’s earphones/headphones will just burn your pocket and ruin your music. And i believe that if you will buy the real thing you will get 6 months or 2 year replacement warranty not really sure about that but still its far better than the 1 week replacement warranty of the “OEM” earphones.

To sum it up: Do not buy OEM’s and invest more if you really want to enjoy your music but if you just want to show off and do not really care about music quality at all then choose “OEM” earphones or headphones.

Happy Listening!

Comments are very welcome :D but please go easy on me, i'm a new blogger :D thank you for reading!

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Made in China

OEM earphones and headphones?