Taiwanese manufacturing

Ok. I might end up on the saxophone hit list from any of the big names but to be honest is buying an Eastern Music horn bad?

I’ve read threads and it really seems like a lot of the boutique sax brands like Ishimori, JL Woodwinds, and possibly P.Mauriat buy their horns from Taiwan and do the setting up at their factories.

Maybe they do their tweaks or whatever and then upsell.

Like be for real. Do a long and hard comparison with Eastern Music horns and compare them to any of the Ishimori or JL Woodwinds horns.

Obviously these repair technicians are like wizards and can make a piece of people play amazing so their work is worth a lot of money. But a $2000+ upcharge?