I've had loads of Chinese electronics. Never had a problem. I've just been using a Chinese Tripath amp I bought about fifteen years ago. That still works like new.
I've had loads of Chinese electronics. Never had a problem. I've just been using a Chinese Tripath amp I bought about fifteen years ago. That still works like new.
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I'm Paul.
They can work very well and be of decent quality. OK if you are happy to take a punt, but I imagine there are a few stinkers out there. I saw a JLH amp kit on Ebay a while ago that had new Motorola transistors, which is quite amazing as Motorola have not made any for many years.
It may be fine, but you don’t really know what you are getting. My mains is 242VAC so I am a little reluctant to use something that could potentially be suited for 220v - 230v, but I have in the past though.
~Paul~
China is a big place and many of the well-respected brands that most people would have confidence in have their stuff made in China. Being made in China isn't a problem per se, but copies of anything make alarm bells ring for me. Firstly, they're trading on the brand credibility that other manufacturers have created over many years, and that makes me suspicious about their integrity. Secondly, are they making accurate clones anyway? Even a mis-routed earth wire can ruin a circuit's performance, even though the circuit still works and the unwary may not realise it's compromised.
I'd rather buy something from someone who has enough faith in their own skill as a designer to make an original product and put their own name on it, whether they're in China or not.
Having said all that, some stuff from China is so cheap that worth buying just to cannibalise for parts.
Good post Andrew.
The Chinese pay no respect to patents, or to the hard work other manufacturers have made in developing their designs, which are then copied without concern.
And, as you have pointed out, the copied PCBs may contain errors in layout which compromises sound quality. 'Clones' of the Quad 405 PCBs are a specific example which come to mind.
Barry
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Those are real caps. In a fake can though.
Are you sure that's a genuine photo of the contents? I mean looking at the values, those wouldn't even measure right, so you'd be hard put to fool anybody.
I think we need to be mindful that some of the finest hardware in the world is made in China, but that there is a huge fake components issue too. When I see almost impossibly priced gear it does make me think.
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