Zapco C2K - Manual (Page 6)

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Made In America
Now just what does this mean and why does it matter? We ask this
question because we believe it matters a great deal. We know others think
it matters also, because it’s plastered on so many boxes. However, before
we look at why it matters, let’s ask what it means.
If a product comes into this country complete except for a couple of
screws that hold on a cover plate, should it be called “Made in America”?
We don’t think so! If a company hides its origin of manufacture, you know
there’s a reason. Usually it’s that the quality is so poor that they need the
“Made in America” claim to make the sale.
Are foreign products inferior? Of course not! Most car audio
manufacturers have products built all over the world, and they are fine
products. However, if you look at the boxes they come in, each box will tell
you exactly where the product in that box was made. These companies let
their reputation stand or fall on the quality of what they produce. If you
make a quality product you don’t have to trick people into buying it with
dishonest labels.
Why do we want to protect the “Made in America” label? The concept
of “Made in America” speaks directly to our ability to control the quality and
performance of the products we sell. It means that we make our products
here
, top to bottom, in Modesto, CA. We don’t just sell amps and
processors. We conceive, design, test, and manufacture every amp and
processor we sell, ourselves. We build up all our own circuit boards on our
own surface mount machines. We wind most of our power supply
transformers right here at the factory. We even have our own heat sink
extruded so our own machine shop can build the chassis and our screener
can then screen them. We use 5532 and Bur Brown op-amps in our
products and 1% metal film resisters throughout.
When Auto Sound and Security reviewed our amp, they felt these
better components played a major part in our superior sound quality. Why
don’t other companies use the same quality parts? As the reviewer put it
“You don’t see these used very often because they cost more”. At ZAPCO,
we will not sacrifice our sound quality or engineering integrity to save on
production cost. We fully intend to continue building the finest car audio
electronics money can buy. We can only do that by putting the finest
quality components we can find inside the product. How do we know these
components go into our products? We put them in ourselves. Because we
build it all ourselves we can guarantee the quality control of every product
ZAPCO sells.