Har hatt lyst på MHZS CD 33 eller 66 til et anlegg nr 2, og surfer dag for å bli klok på denne, helt til dette dukker opp:
De gidder til og med produsere fake laser og kondensatorer, om denne fyren da har rett, det er jo også et spørsmål selvsagt...
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Not just the caps Fergus, even the laser is a fake.... Sony don't make a KSS-213Q pickup... these are Chinese made and quite short lasting from what I can make out.... just why they'd want to label it as "SONY" god only knows.... these are el cheapo sweatshop jobs you can pick up for pennies
It amazes me that six moons even refers to it as a "sony" laser pickup (even shows a picture of it!) 6moons audio reviews: Raysonic CD128 it also amazes me that the $1700 Raysonic CD-128, Spark Audio's CDT-23 and Shanling's HDCD-S12 should be using such a "moody" laser pickup.... No such thing as a "SONY KSS-213Q" pickup..... fact.
It just makes me wonder how much Chinese gear employs counterfeit / fake parts.... quite a lot I'd imagine. Just think about it..... an amp / CD player crammed full of exotic components being knocked out for a few quid, no way can that be possible if genuine exotic parts are being used.... I suspect quite a lot of the bargain gear that's coming out of China contains pretty dire parts covered in fake wrappers, thing is these so called "reviewers" haven't got a bloody clue..... time they started to earn their living and do some research I think
The OPA2604 I removed from the CD33 looks nothing like the stash of OPA2604 I have...... possible the 2604 in the CD33 is nothing more than an NE5532 with "OPA2604" printed onto it. The caps (ELNA Silmic, Rubycon, Mcaps, SCR etc.) are CERTAINLY not genuine.... I can spot a fake a mile away..... you've only got to desolder the Silmics and feel them, way too lightweight to be genuine and the wrappers are also a dead giveaway (not maybe so obvious to the untrained eye though) The Rubycons are fakes, no need to remove them from the board to determine that, the printing on the sleeves is just awful.......
Anyways, I'm not "complaining"..... the CD33 sounds superb but just thought I'd mention that all that glitters is not necessarily gold and I hope this thread opens up a can of worms and gets people under the bonnet actually "looking" in depth at the components.... as I say, when reviewers are being duped and passing on shite information to their readers it's getting into blind leading the blind territory.... there's also possible forgery / dishonesty going down yet nobody seems to want to address that..............
http://rockgrotto.proboards39.com/index.cgi?board=c&action=display&thread=1174083222
Mvh Ole
De gidder til og med produsere fake laser og kondensatorer, om denne fyren da har rett, det er jo også et spørsmål selvsagt...
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Not just the caps Fergus, even the laser is a fake.... Sony don't make a KSS-213Q pickup... these are Chinese made and quite short lasting from what I can make out.... just why they'd want to label it as "SONY" god only knows.... these are el cheapo sweatshop jobs you can pick up for pennies
It amazes me that six moons even refers to it as a "sony" laser pickup (even shows a picture of it!) 6moons audio reviews: Raysonic CD128 it also amazes me that the $1700 Raysonic CD-128, Spark Audio's CDT-23 and Shanling's HDCD-S12 should be using such a "moody" laser pickup.... No such thing as a "SONY KSS-213Q" pickup..... fact.
It just makes me wonder how much Chinese gear employs counterfeit / fake parts.... quite a lot I'd imagine. Just think about it..... an amp / CD player crammed full of exotic components being knocked out for a few quid, no way can that be possible if genuine exotic parts are being used.... I suspect quite a lot of the bargain gear that's coming out of China contains pretty dire parts covered in fake wrappers, thing is these so called "reviewers" haven't got a bloody clue..... time they started to earn their living and do some research I think
The OPA2604 I removed from the CD33 looks nothing like the stash of OPA2604 I have...... possible the 2604 in the CD33 is nothing more than an NE5532 with "OPA2604" printed onto it. The caps (ELNA Silmic, Rubycon, Mcaps, SCR etc.) are CERTAINLY not genuine.... I can spot a fake a mile away..... you've only got to desolder the Silmics and feel them, way too lightweight to be genuine and the wrappers are also a dead giveaway (not maybe so obvious to the untrained eye though) The Rubycons are fakes, no need to remove them from the board to determine that, the printing on the sleeves is just awful.......
Anyways, I'm not "complaining"..... the CD33 sounds superb but just thought I'd mention that all that glitters is not necessarily gold and I hope this thread opens up a can of worms and gets people under the bonnet actually "looking" in depth at the components.... as I say, when reviewers are being duped and passing on shite information to their readers it's getting into blind leading the blind territory.... there's also possible forgery / dishonesty going down yet nobody seems to want to address that..............
http://rockgrotto.proboards39.com/index.cgi?board=c&action=display&thread=1174083222
Mvh Ole