A tough question that most obviously will make the management of companies say "of course, they produce the best product and the benefits of the production cost both favor you the discerning consumer and us, the company." To be honest, I have seen a disconcerning amount of products used to be made in the US, Canada or another developed country, but now are made in the Orient. For sure in the skin deep sense, they might look well built, but for what I can recall from the early attempts at it by a company now known as Jolida, the first amplifiers that were badged that, that came out around 1995 were shody in craftsmanship (bad silkscreening and fitted with very bad speaker binders etc...)
To have the best quality products, as you well said need to have a consciencious assembly worker do the job. Sad to say, the word "assembly" and "line" as well as "worker" means so so wages and for what I have to say, the product made is just a "job." Outstanding quality or craftsmanship has a lot to do with "passion"...there are very few passionate people who imbue this sense of purpose on their products. Overseas production lines benefit the company more than you or I, the consumer here.
BTW, I would rather have a component manufactured in either Korea or Taiwan any time instead of something made in China etc...
To have the best quality products, as you well said need to have a consciencious assembly worker do the job. Sad to say, the word "assembly" and "line" as well as "worker" means so so wages and for what I have to say, the product made is just a "job." Outstanding quality or craftsmanship has a lot to do with "passion"...there are very few passionate people who imbue this sense of purpose on their products. Overseas production lines benefit the company more than you or I, the consumer here.
BTW, I would rather have a component manufactured in either Korea or Taiwan any time instead of something made in China etc...