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What a heck is that!

post #1 of 17
10/25/10 at 5:47am
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http://cgi.ebay.com/Headphone-Amplifier-Class-no-passive-components-HD580-/330477348923?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4cf1fc283b

 

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post #2 of 17
10/25/10 at 6:32am

 

Interesting.

Sounds more like a power amp for headphone. While most so called headphone amps are integrated amp for headphones.

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post #3 of 17
10/25/10 at 8:32am

looks like a 9volt battery to me,with the wires connected to the cables from the headphone & cd player,Scam if I have ever seen one.

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post #4 of 17
10/25/10 at 9:36am

It's a scam. And you might just end up blowing your headphones connecting a line out to the batt connected to a headphone. You can only use a batt to test a speaker/headphone, you cannot feed signal through a battery and have it up the voltage.

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post #5 of 17
10/25/10 at 9:12pm

The funny thing is the seller requires a signed waiver with the promise of not copying the design and the responsibility of others not copying it. Copy what? A battery? lol

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post #6 of 17
10/25/10 at 9:20pm
It's a scam. The same guy is selling the bogus "tube" amp that's been kicked around here before.
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post #7 of 17
10/25/10 at 9:33pm

The interesting thing is the delivery date is from Dec 10 to Dec 13 which is past the amount of time before you can issue a claim with paypal assuming it is 30 days still. I'd be surprised if anyone buys that.

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post #8 of 17
10/25/10 at 10:04pm

Quoting Mel Brooks:  "Zat iz only a ruse to fool ze feeble minded!"  (from Dracula: Dead and Loving It) It makes the whole thing seem legit, what with someone trying to protect a circuit. Same waythose "let's get rich!" seminars like "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" make you pay for a seminar on how to get rich but never really teach you anything about the stock market or real business, but just the surface of their company's business model. The REAL reason why they're rich is because they convinced you to pay them to show you how.
 

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Originally Posted by dongringo View Post

The funny thing is the seller requires a signed waiver with the promise of not copying the design and the responsibility of others not copying it. Copy what? A battery? lol

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post #9 of 17
10/26/10 at 3:21pm

100% scam. But, at the same time, I am afraid someone actually might fall for that. Anyhow, I laughed big once I saw it. 

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post #10 of 17
10/26/10 at 4:26pm
I cannot believe that seller hasn't been banned yet. He was selling a tube attached to a battery for $2,000 and calling that the worlds best tube headphone amp.

His feedback thread would indicate he never actually sold any of those $2k wonders. So now he's apparently decided to try to sell a battery and some wire for $50 instead.

Unreal.
Edited by Skylab - 10/26/10 at 4:29pm
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post #11 of 17
10/26/10 at 8:35pm

does ebay tend to support the selling side?

 

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post #12 of 17
10/26/10 at 8:41pm

Well I don't think ebay is the fastest at closing down accounts. Mikhail is still selling on ebay as far as i know so I don't expect that seller to be banned anytime soon.

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post #13 of 17
10/26/10 at 8:43pm

It definitely looks like a scam.  I don't know how anyone can look at that wire and 9V battery and think that it is the best "wire with gain" out there.  I guess if there is a sucker, they'll look at his 100% rating and go for it, but hopefully I don't have too much faith in humanity and someone looks at that and think its a joke.

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post #14 of 17
10/28/10 at 4:17am

On the flipside, eBay has a LOT of faith in humanity. Their a bit Adam Smith-ish on their homepage, if you read their message about how long eBay has worked for a lot of people.
 

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Originally Posted by ak622 View Post

It definitely looks like a scam.  I don't know how anyone can look at that wire and 9V battery and think that it is the best "wire with gain" out there.  I guess if there is a sucker, they'll look at his 100% rating and go for it, but hopefully I don't have too much faith in humanity and someone looks at that and think its a joke.

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post #15 of 17
10/28/10 at 7:00am
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Originally Posted by Skylab View Post

I cannot believe that seller hasn't been banned yet. He was selling a tube attached to a battery for $2,000 and calling that the worlds best tube headphone amp.

His feedback thread would indicate he never actually sold any of those $2k wonders. So now he's apparently decided to try to sell a battery and some wire for $50 instead.

Unreal.

Well you can't really go by his feedback thread to determine if he really sold any of those wonderful tube amps.  Anyone who was stupid enough to buy it is probably too embarrassed to leave any feedback, haha.
 

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