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China 2006
AEF-1812
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  0 comments
Just the speaker.
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China 2006
Mr. Hou
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  0 comments
This is Hou Ying Zhong, of XLH.
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China 2006
Naughty Fund
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  3 comments
I spotted this box of money by the door. "What's that?" I asked, "The tea fund?"
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China 2006
When He Says "Hand-Made," He Means It
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  0 comments
This is not the fastest way to heatshrink trannie leads, but this guy obviously takes his job seriously.
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China 2006
The Usual Suspects
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  0 comments
Some tools are universal.
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China 2006
Burn-In Bench
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  0 comments
Everything gets cooked before packing, as a final quality assurance measure.
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China 2006
Board Stuffing
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  10 comments
'Nuff said.
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China 2006
Original's Assembly Line
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  0 comments
"Essentially, we build everything by hand. Some Chinese companies think almost think this approach is primitive, but it gives us a lot of quality control."
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China 2006
Listening Lab
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  0 comments
Original's listening room is extraordinary. The reference system when I was there was Thiel CS 2.2s, a pair of Mark Levinson No. 29s, an XLH preamp, and an Original A9.2 CD player.
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China 2006
The Battleground
Wes Phillips  |  Dec 06, 2006  |  0 comments
Du calls this conference room, "the battleground, because we argue about designs all the time. It gets pretty heated."
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