No way! I'm thoroughly familiar with various pay scales. And Taiwan isn't MLC. If something is being built in MLC and it's commanding a premium price that's because some guy at the top is raking in some serious cash, not because a bunch of guys and gals at the bottom are making any salary of substance. I can definitely find a factory in MLC that can crank out those Halos at a fraction of the cost. You might get some counterfeit electronic components in the process though. It is prudent to keep tabs on the suppliers of the suppliers.
Have you compared those $9K Halo mono blocks with those $2K Emo mono blocks?
Anyway, all this is supposed to be funny. I think it's funny.