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RE: Well - we're bound to have different views

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In Reply to: RE: Well - we're bound to have different views posted by 91derlust on September 03, 2017 at 02:05:03

Actually I am fortunate enough to work at a magazine that gives me pretty open autonomy to review whatever I wish - so if someone wishes to send me a DIY project they feel will trounce any production product I am quite interested and my magazine would let me review it (because we don't do pay to play like other magazines).

For instance I just reviewed King's KingKo KA-101 which is his personal project trying to make an affordable amp that sounds good and does a lot of things. This is a one man operation. Essentially he designed and built the thing from the ground up using his Chinese contacts to put his design into practice.

I review that sort of thing because IMO there is far more value in what he is selling than there is in most competing products in the mainstream at more money.

I can't praise a product that I can't hear. I have often recommended products like ANKits and Bottlehead as a money saving solution to finished products producers. Even with the speakers they sell the kit with and without the cabinet so if you can build your own cabinet you can save even more money.

A KIT I suppose would be viewed as only "partial" DIY though.

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RE: Well - we're bound to have different views - 91derlust 14:12:53 09/03/17 (0)
Still, your opinions re DIY serve you well as a reviewer of - by a large margin - commercial products. Your language bears this out: "...send me a DIY project they feel will trounce any production product..." Trounce? Any?

The King's KingKo KA-101 is a commercial product from a one-man company - that's not DIY in the sense we a discussing here.

91.

"Confusion of goals and perfection of means seems to characterise our age." Albert Einstein
RE: Well - we're bound to have different views - tube wrangler 13:08:30 09/03/17 (1)
I'd love to meet you-- maybe talk a bit.

Find me in Room 3017 at RMAF 2017.

-Dennis-
- RE: Well - we're bound to have different views - RGA 19:12:40 09/03/17 (0)
  Hi Dennis
  
  Unfortunately my main career is as a teacher out here in Hong Kong - where they pay us teachers where we can afford to buy audio equipment :) unfortunately that only leaves me with a small window of holiday. So I can generally only cover audio shows during Mid July to mid August.
  
  I was able to cover the California Audio Show in Oakland and I believe Constantine has booked it for the same time next year and I can make that show as well if the dates are in fact the same. So if you go to that show next year let me know - I should be there. Although I will not be taking the Bart alone from SFO to Oakland Coliseum at Midnight like last time!

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