to recognise chinese / indian oem products being sold by reputated companys

[hunter audio]

it is difficult to actually squeeze out where drive unit are made , this is true for quite a few commercial manufactureres

in the peerless web site the units made in india , used to be mentioned as to where they have been assembled / made

the industry news here in india is they are yet manufacturing for peerless as well as jpw and a few other well known finished product manufacturers

infact peerless of india is now dealing in the finished products of the company s they are supplying to

TO CHECK FOR CHINESE

ONE TELL TALE SIGN I ALWAYS USE IS THAT FIRSTLY CHECK OUT THE CHASIS

chinese have developed stepped dia chassis where the surround is fitted that is when looking from the magnet side you will find the spider area is in steps of varieng dia (this has been done so that the same chasis can be supplied to diffrent oem contractors using a combination of different cones and spiders as that - is what will change in models in a specified speaker dia size other than the motor structure

for chinese also check the plating or the chrome quality and shine it is totally different to products plated in europe / usa

chinese is shiny , original is dull

a higher approach will be to get hold of a penshien (forgings) catalogue , all their oem products to reputated brands like jbl , mission , infinity , jenson ets invaribly ends up on their catalogue as an oem product which is labelled their own

TO CATCH INDIANS

again check out the chasis , the chasis will not have steps but will be a pressed steel one mostly black powder coated

now the steel thickness will not be heavy ,

the powder coating will be dull and if you compaire to a computer cabinet purchased in europe / usa you will find the indian one dull , or shiny ones will have a granular finish

next tale tell sign of an indian speaker is the gasket , the gasket will not be generally laser cut / or there will not be any gasket at all

suranjan

transducer design engineer

[ashok]

Hi Suranjan,
Did you get my mail asking for specs and pricing for off the shelf 12 and 15 inch drivers that you have?
Thanks,
Ashok.

[navin]

and whatever happend to the 8" woofers