Vifa drivers, still made in Denmark?

[gbullimore]

Ordinarily I wouldn't care, but there's just something so un-cool about the passion of anything emanating from China. Sorry if that's sounds racist, sexist, homophobic or whatever. I just don't get those people. Their creativity amounts to buying or copying anything.

and i guess all Americans are fat, lazy, gun slingers.. right?

it's true a lot of Chinese companies will copy, because they can do it and make money.
if Americans could do this, they would too.... but higher labor costs and stricter copyright laws make is unprofitable to copy.
that said i can point to many copies by US/EU companies...
look at any 13mm 'balanced dome' tweeter, they are all copies of the original Audax unit...

Tymphany in China are actually doing as much if not more genuine R&D than Vifa/Peerless in Denmark ever did.
have you seen the GBS drivers, unique, patented, designed and built in China, Transducer Detail | Tymphany

another thing to remember is that a huge proportion of products are designed and built in China but branded/distributed with a western name.
unfortunately it's only the stuff so bad no-one will put their name to, that makes it to the west as a China brand.

 

[gbullimore]

there are some true experts (who are Chinese) in Tymphany,
remember there are not many companies who can develop and build their own compression drivers.
this is not some cheap knock-off driver, it's high end, better than most European made drivers.
Transducer Detail | Tymphany

 

[Hylle]

Scan Speak is manufacturing a lot of older types Vifa drivers, for OEM and distributors, but they will all have a Scan Speak label on them. Because only Tymphany have the rights for the Vifa and Peerless brand names.

 

[markbakk]

So if one wants to buy Danish, stick to Scan Speak. Or, of course, one can always give Per Skaaning a ring.

 

[Charles Darwin]

Vifa drivers have not been made in Denmark for almost 10 years,
there might be some old stock floating around, but anything of current production comes from the China Factory,

So Falcon Acoustics are lying when they are saying that the Classic range is made to order in Denmark?

 

[gbullimore]

When Scan-speak split from Tymphany, they retained the rights to some of the shared IP,
e.g. they can produce ring-radiators in Denmark, they cannot produce Vifa or Peerless drivers.

Vifa and Peerless drivers can only be produced by Tymphany in their facility in China..

 

[Kjeldsen]

Point sharp. Where would we be without our Toyota's and Nikons. And don't blame the Chinese other than for not acting against low labor conditions and poor payments. First have a glance on the motives behind western investor's choices.

Toyota was the same. It was not fun to work for Toyota or beeing a subcontractor. There is a reason why they could invent Just In Time back then. They controlled the subcontractors 100%, and workers was living in tents just next to the factory.

But you have to start somewhere, and China just do what they are good at. When the middle class will grow, things will slowly begin to change.

 

[celef]

does anyone know the reason why those classic vifa drivers now manufactured by s-s are not listed on s-s website?