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Edit -- then again, with a company as big as Grado, maybe they consider it free advertising. After all, the only thing better than a Grado RA-1 clone is... a Grado RA-1! . |
It is only advertising if you buy the actual product.Not the corner cutting that goes oon right here in "DIY" every single day.
I also have the beleif that Grado has a budget set aside just for the promotion of their OWN products and that no,clones will not make Grado Labs go broke from clones but that still does not make it right.
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rick, what's your take on the Group Buys being exactly FOR the people who wouldn't have the skills to design for themselves, but still appreciate the fact that they can build something worthwhile and enjoyable? |
I think DIY has gone from
Do It Yourself to "let me do it for you" and if you don't have the skills and want to build something AQUIRE THE DAMN SKILLS !
do the homework,do the learning curve like everyone else but don't try to justify being cheap as DIY.
Most recent example ?
Pete Millett Hybrid amp.
starts out calling the boards "highway robbery" and then ends up a "group buy"
Yeah right.I would like to see the amp built by reverse engineering and theory rather than seeing tha entire step by step article posted then deciding you are too damn chep to pay for the authorised boards.Pathetic.
the DIY forum is no more than the "Amps for sale for cheap" forum and a place where the unskilled come to set up shop by seeling things not of their own design and it makes me want to puke.
What happened to the "one of' project that a person wanted to build as both a working audio amp to be proud of AND as the means to understand basic audio electronics /
where the hell does plug part A into Hole B enter that ?
what part of DIY is this where the players are no better than unskilled low paid laborers on the average assembly line ?
how many "busnesses' should i stand by and watch form right here before my eyes and when someone wants to get their "product" up and running all the threads here are about that and notnig else ?
the ;legitimate amp manufacturers can not say boo around here unless with specific permission or unless they pay for their own forum yet we have money generating enterprises setting up shop right here and no one seems to notice or care as long as they get what they want for cheap.
again this makes me fault out ill and I refuse to play any more or even hold my tongue as i did have to do as a mod because of the gray areas and loopholes any knucklhead with a brain and intent found as a way around paying their fair share AND have no trouble at all copying the work of others for profit.
DIY is wide open and all you guys know it and since I see no way to stop the downfall of the true intent of the forum i want to part in moderating something not controllable without drastic and draconian measures being taken.
Personally this place jus tpisses me off and i have little desire to "play" in this sand box anymore.
Take it as you will folks it is only and as always just my opinion but you did ask so here it is straight from the gate.
Wonder who will be in business here tomorrow