[tlb]

I agree that manufacturing in-house is great for hardware startups. I've seen it work for several. The insight they gain into the details of design, and the speed they can iterate at, more than make up for higher local labor costs.

[twald]

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[Gurkenmaster]

I'm not from http://schiit.com/ but they also went with local manufacturing route and their prices are quite competitive.