Ebay shocker! Is this funny or report?

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#8
I'm sorry but to me that is just grossly negligent. Two core mains with no earth, stuffed through a hole in the metal chassis with no cable gland, or rubber bushing, or anything for that matter. Then internally it looks like speaker cable was used for the mains wiring.

Its a **** show.
 
#9
But, but, I thought you guys were interested in sound reproduction? You always say that you are NOT influenced by how something looks but that you can separate how it looks from how it sounds??

But now you condemn something on looks even before you took the trouble to listen??

Jan
 
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jan.didden said:
But, but, I thought you guys were interested in sound reproduction? You always say that you are NOT influenced by how something looks but that you can separate how it looks from how it sounds??

But now you condemn something on looks even before you took the trouble to listen??

Jan
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There's a point where life and fire safety take precedence over imagined sound quality. Especially if you are selling the device to the public at large.

And I can assure you it sounds no better, probably worse, than the commercial circuit it was copied from. It's easy to see the builder has not formal or even hobbyist level electronics training.
 
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#12
That looks like it is made in an old satellite TV receiver case. Ask me how I know? Putting Tube sockets on a piece of roughly sawn fibre board MDF - definitely not recommended also all that stuff held down by hot glue - bet that won't hold on the trip from Ukraine.
I didn't know there was a place called Manchester in Ukraine.
The seller is in Manchester UK, so how it got to Ukraine I don't understand.
 
#13
> a place called Manchester in Ukraine.

I bet he hit a drop-list, slid down to "UK", and got UKraine instead.

The company website uses "whilst" so often and so consistently it can't be anything but United Kingdom. (And isn't it a queendom for a while yet?)
 
#14
Coulsn´t care less about sound, looks or price, but mains cable through sharp edges hole drilled in steel chassis with not even a rubber grommet is *murderous*, there is no other word for it.

Can *THAT* be denounced at EBay?
Say ... "product clearly sows fire and life hazard construction, unsecured mains cable visible, NO *obligatory* device grounded as dictated by [insert British electrical safety norm here]; EBay may be co-sued in a loss of life or property action as co-author/responsible"
 
#17
My favourite from this seller is this excerpt from their "Silver Audio Interconnects"

These cables were made using 99.9% purity soft silver (the purest can be found in Europe) with an audiophile quality polymer RCA Bullet type plugs (that considered to be ones of the BEST for analogue connections) are plated with REAL gold and are REAL 100% red copper for purest possible signal path.
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So what are they? Silver or copper? Schrodinger's cables?
 
#20
Gusser said:
And I can assure you it sounds no better, probably worse, than the commercial circuit it was copied from. It's easy to see the builder has not formal or even hobbyist level electronics training.
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Really. I see a well-thought out layout.

But the point remains that you guys judge it to sound bad based on how it looks. Not that this is new, but it normally is vehemently denied.

And why would a steel plate be better than hardboard? At least the latter insulates.

Jan
 
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