SPEEDMASTER ALUMINUM HEADS

Unfortunately that doesn't imply the quality is better. I took a used set of Edelbrocks in to the racing engine builder/machinist I used back in CO to be freshened up and they needed a lot more than would be expected from a used set of heads. Guides were too tight, valve seats were garbage, variance in port sizes/shapes. If I had to do it again I'd either get a set of Speedmasters and have them gone through or just pony up for Trick Flows.

BTW all this (previous) "buy American" stuff, the companies are more to blame than consumers. Maximizing profit margins with cheap labor and passing the gains on to their executives and shareholders and screwing the workers out of jobs. Then you also have our labor laws that make production expensive to begin with in this country. It's a complicated issue that can't simply be solved by buying Made in USA stuff although it does help, I still do it when possible.
Or I have the other end of the spectrum...
Before I bought my speedmaster heads I called the local shop and ask them about getting looked over...
They said those chinese heads are going to needid everything... We're going to need new valve guides new valve grind new valves new springs everything they could think of... It said how much is that going to cost? they said at least nine hundred dollars... The heads are seven hundred to the door...
I went ahead and got them and took them to my extremely reputable machine shop where they sat for 3 months till I picked them back up...
I took them to another shop a friend recommended of old timers and they actually took them apart and put their hands on them and said they were just fine, maybe a little dry from sitting on the shelf so they lubricated them.. They checked the spring rates and they were a close match to what I already had that were set up for my six hundred lift cam...
They have ran perfect on my stroker motor for years...
This has been my experience yours may differ...