Wow, another DIYZone Pass Clone

hifimaker · 23rd December 2005, 07:32 PM

Impressive heatsinks.

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Complete Aleph 1.2 kit for $483USD.

-David

steenoe · 23rd December 2005, 07:58 PM

Its impressive allright, but I think they are way out of line this time. Sure hope noone will order those

Put those people in jail

Steen.

Nelson Pass · 23rd December 2005, 08:03 PM

Another flagrant ripoff.

mastertech · 23rd December 2005, 08:27 PM

copycats,imitators at least youve got your american market
protected, your art will be safe,

class-b is advancing to challenge class-a

happy new year

DJNUBZ · 23rd December 2005, 11:25 PM

I can't tell that that is a kit. Does it come with the enclosure? That enclosure looks good.

MEGA_amp · 24th December 2005, 07:02 AM

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That enclosure looks good.

Sacrilege :the violation or injurious treatment of a sacred object.

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class-b is advancing to challenge class-a

details, details!!! glad to see you back george, how you doin buddy?

eVITAERC · 24th December 2005, 07:16 AM

Those aren't for order though. DIYZone runs huge group-buys through their commercial channel, and this is one of them. This usually means that less than 500 people will own these babies and they'll get them sometime between 6 months to a year in the future, after all the custom parts come in.

These also seem somewhat nicer than the usual clone rip-offs, just check out whet they're using. Vishay Dales and Rifa caps are standard for these guys. Too bad that they only seem capable of blatant rip-offs in design though. (But I have to say their Iris OTL headphone amps is pretty original)

MEGA_amp · 24th December 2005, 07:35 AM

Someone's making a buck somewhere down the line for sure. But if your gonna blatantly rip someone off, at least be subtle about it.

dggs · 24th December 2005, 08:24 AM

Since I read through their descriptions, I can provide some highlights of what the copycat is capable of doing for an A1.2 clone kits:
4 BHC ALS40 33,000uF/100V filtering caps per channel.
HOLCO resistors in most places.
2KV toroidal with shielding can in each channel.
2mH foil inductors for CLC filtering.
Matched MOSFETs.
With the enclosure, weights 220 lbs per monoblock. Heavier than the X1000.
USD$483 is only one of the three installments so the total is about $1500 for two monoblocks.

It's a shame that they are copying Mr. Pass's IP. Could be making some nice products for people capable of putting together kits like that.

wayne325 · 24th December 2005, 07:56 PM

wait wait dont tell me...... china, right ???

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23rd December 2005, 07:58 PM	#2
steenoe diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2004	Its impressive allright, but I think they are way out of line this time. Sure hope noone will order those Put those people in jail Steen.

23rd December 2005, 08:03 PM	#3
Nelson Pass The one and only Join Date: Mar 2001	Another flagrant ripoff.

23rd December 2005, 08:27 PM	#4
mastertech Banned Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Australia	copycats,imitators at least youve got your american market protected, your art will be safe, class-b is advancing to challenge class-a happy new year

24th December 2005, 07:16 AM	#7
eVITAERC diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2005	Those aren't for order though. DIYZone runs huge group-buys through their commercial channel, and this is one of them. This usually means that less than 500 people will own these babies and they'll get them sometime between 6 months to a year in the future, after all the custom parts come in. These also seem somewhat nicer than the usual clone rip-offs, just check out whet they're using. Vishay Dales and Rifa caps are standard for these guys. Too bad that they only seem capable of blatant rip-offs in design though. (But I have to say their Iris OTL headphone amps is pretty original)

24th December 2005, 07:35 AM	#8
MEGA_amp diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Newington, CT	Someone's making a buck somewhere down the line for sure. But if your gonna blatantly rip someone off, at least be subtle about it.

24th December 2005, 08:24 AM	#9
dggs diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: silicon valley	Since I read through their descriptions, I can provide some highlights of what the copycat is capable of doing for an A1.2 clone kits: 4 BHC ALS40 33,000uF/100V filtering caps per channel. HOLCO resistors in most places. 2KV toroidal with shielding can in each channel. 2mH foil inductors for CLC filtering. Matched MOSFETs. With the enclosure, weights 220 lbs per monoblock. Heavier than the X1000. USD$483 is only one of the three installments so the total is about $1500 for two monoblocks. It's a shame that they are copying Mr. Pass's IP. Could be making some nice products for people capable of putting together kits like that.

24th December 2005, 07:56 PM	#10
wayne325 diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dallas, Texas	wait wait dont tell me...... china, right ???