PinkFloyd
Headphoneus Supremus
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My apologies for calling you a "Kraut" and a "German *******" in your thread Jan. I was, quite literally, p*ssed in both senses of the word, both drunk and upset.... not the ideal combination.
I was upset due to the fact that thread had been active for some time and I wasn't even aware of it. You talk about "gentlemen" and "integrity" etc. yet you post all this stuff to head-fi and don't notify me to the fact. I was made aware of the thread and looked at it and noticed I was being slagged off by half of head-fi..... I think you'd be a bit taken aback if that happened to you?
Anyway..... I apologise for the German remarks. Thank god you are Dutch otherwise you'd be pretty offended
Now to the crossfeed device. I make these for head-fi members on request, for the price of parts, postage and packing. I am not a commercial business and I make approximately 1 crossfeed per month.
From your comments I think you assume that I am running a factory and producing thousands of these things. I'm sorry to disappoint you Jan but crossfeed is not "that" popular. I make them (made them) as a favour to head-fi members on a hobbyist basis.
The talk of lawsuits is ridiculous. What are you going to sue me for? soldering a few capacitors together for head-fiers who are unable to construct a crossfeed for themselves for the cost of parts?
I quote you from your thread "But just be assured, anybody is free to use my designs, as long as it's for non-commercial use." I am not "assured" that this is the case Jan otherwise you wouldn't be making such a song and dance over this.
Maybe you feel that I have been taking away business from you now you are producing your crossfeed?..... well, since you introduced your crossfeed for sale I have made 5 crossfeeds for head-fi members...... as I say "crossfeed" is not in huge demand and you're not selling many units for that reason....... "not" because you're losing out to any competition that may be out there.
Sure I used your design (that you made public) in early crossfeeds and I clearly stated that on my website.... here is the archive: http://web.archive.org/web/200302142...eak/x-feed.htm
As you say "But just be assured, anybody is free to use my designs, as long as it's for non-commercial use." Well, I used it....... non-commercially........ and built it up for people for the cost of parts, what problem do you have with that?
I don't quite understand why you put this circuit in the public domain and tell people they can build it and then you turn around and cry "foul play" posting pictures of a crossfeed covered in glue saying it's your circuit..... erm "yes" it's your circuit, the one you say is free for non commercial use.
Considering I am not a business and am making these at the request of head-fiers on a hobbyist basis I can't understand why this is a problem to you? Sure, If I was a business and was producing these en mass and making a profit I could sympathise with you but the fact I actually "lose" money making these surely shows you I am not making these as a business.... this is a hobby fuelled by my passion for Hi-Fi.... this is "not" a money making venture fuelled by greed.
If this upsets you Jan then I strongly suggest you withdraw your circuit from the public domain and withdraw your statement "But just be assured, anybody is free to use my designs, as long as it's for non-commercial use." You are giving the go ahead to anybody who wants to build your circuit by publishing your circuit and saying it's ok to build it for "non commercial" use. As I say...... you obviously assume I am a commercial enterprise, I've got news for you Jan....... I am not.
Could you please contact me via e-mail so we can sort this out and establish exactly what your grievance is? I'm more than happy to refuse to build crossfeeds for head-fiers for the cost of parts and postage if that's what you wish.
All the best.
Mike.
I was upset due to the fact that thread had been active for some time and I wasn't even aware of it. You talk about "gentlemen" and "integrity" etc. yet you post all this stuff to head-fi and don't notify me to the fact. I was made aware of the thread and looked at it and noticed I was being slagged off by half of head-fi..... I think you'd be a bit taken aback if that happened to you?
Anyway..... I apologise for the German remarks. Thank god you are Dutch otherwise you'd be pretty offended
Now to the crossfeed device. I make these for head-fi members on request, for the price of parts, postage and packing. I am not a commercial business and I make approximately 1 crossfeed per month.
From your comments I think you assume that I am running a factory and producing thousands of these things. I'm sorry to disappoint you Jan but crossfeed is not "that" popular. I make them (made them) as a favour to head-fi members on a hobbyist basis.
The talk of lawsuits is ridiculous. What are you going to sue me for? soldering a few capacitors together for head-fiers who are unable to construct a crossfeed for themselves for the cost of parts?
I quote you from your thread "But just be assured, anybody is free to use my designs, as long as it's for non-commercial use." I am not "assured" that this is the case Jan otherwise you wouldn't be making such a song and dance over this.
Maybe you feel that I have been taking away business from you now you are producing your crossfeed?..... well, since you introduced your crossfeed for sale I have made 5 crossfeeds for head-fi members...... as I say "crossfeed" is not in huge demand and you're not selling many units for that reason....... "not" because you're losing out to any competition that may be out there.
Sure I used your design (that you made public) in early crossfeeds and I clearly stated that on my website.... here is the archive: http://web.archive.org/web/200302142...eak/x-feed.htm
As you say "But just be assured, anybody is free to use my designs, as long as it's for non-commercial use." Well, I used it....... non-commercially........ and built it up for people for the cost of parts, what problem do you have with that?
I don't quite understand why you put this circuit in the public domain and tell people they can build it and then you turn around and cry "foul play" posting pictures of a crossfeed covered in glue saying it's your circuit..... erm "yes" it's your circuit, the one you say is free for non commercial use.
Considering I am not a business and am making these at the request of head-fiers on a hobbyist basis I can't understand why this is a problem to you? Sure, If I was a business and was producing these en mass and making a profit I could sympathise with you but the fact I actually "lose" money making these surely shows you I am not making these as a business.... this is a hobby fuelled by my passion for Hi-Fi.... this is "not" a money making venture fuelled by greed.
If this upsets you Jan then I strongly suggest you withdraw your circuit from the public domain and withdraw your statement "But just be assured, anybody is free to use my designs, as long as it's for non-commercial use." You are giving the go ahead to anybody who wants to build your circuit by publishing your circuit and saying it's ok to build it for "non commercial" use. As I say...... you obviously assume I am a commercial enterprise, I've got news for you Jan....... I am not.
Could you please contact me via e-mail so we can sort this out and establish exactly what your grievance is? I'm more than happy to refuse to build crossfeeds for head-fiers for the cost of parts and postage if that's what you wish.
All the best.
Mike.