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Fake Dyns
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:44 am
by dragonplayboy
Hey guys, I know it isn't PG, but you're some of the smarter cats I know in this business, does anyone have a link for how to spot fake dynaudio speakers? I think I may have purchased some on ebay back in November and am just now realizing they may not be real... They look spot-on (if they aren't real) and they sound fine (I hooked them up briefly on my home theater to make sure they all worked)
did I get hornswaggled??? AAH!
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 4:45 am
by dragonplayboy
I mean fake rolexes, OK - great, whatever, but fake speakers??? WAAAHHHH!!!!!
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:41 am
by stipud
I have never heard of fake speakers. They might have given you Morels or Dynavox instead of Dynaudio but uhh... hmm. Post pics? What makes you think they are counterfeit?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:44 am
by dragonplayboy
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:15 am
by stipud
Wow, that's madness.
eBay just keeps getting better by the day!
If you sign up to that Australian forum, please copy all of the details here
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 7:56 am
by LeggoMyEggo
This is just another mile (or kilometer for you metric folks) traveled down the slippery slope of globalization. Soon you won't be able to trust ANYTHING to be what it says it is.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:08 am
by Bfowler
LeggoMyEggo wrote:This is just another mile (or 1.609344 kilometers for you metric folks) traveled down the slippery slope of globalization. Soon you won't be able to trust ANYTHING to be what it says it is.
fixed
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:14 am
by stipud
I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords.
I am soooo going to change my name to Hung Dong.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:15 am
by fuzzysnuggleduck
stipud wrote:I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords.
I am soooo going to change my name to Hung Dong.
Kent Brockman reference, priceless!
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:16 am
by dragonplayboy
LeggoMyEggo wrote:This is just another mile (or kilometer for you metric folks) traveled down the slippery slope of globalization. Soon you won't be able to trust ANYTHING to be what it says it is.
Waitaminute... Is that really you??
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:23 am
by LeggoMyEggo
stipud wrote:I for one welcome our new Chinese overlords.
I am soooo going to change my name to Hung Dong.
Why that? Is Who Flung Goo taken in your village?
You may also think about Wun Hung Low.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:26 am
by LeggoMyEggo
Bfowler wrote:LeggoMyEggo wrote:This is just another mile (or 1.609344 kilometers for you metric folks) traveled down the slippery slope of globalization. Soon you won't be able to trust ANYTHING to be what it says it is.
fixed
Geez o flip, I cannot even speak figuratively without some anal type making sure it's exact. Man o Manochevitz!
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:28 am
by LeggoMyEggo
dragonplayboy wrote:LeggoMyEggo wrote:This is just another mile (or kilometer for you metric folks) traveled down the slippery slope of globalization. Soon you won't be able to trust ANYTHING to be what it says it is.
Waitaminute... Is that really you??
Wait a second....let me check....pinch testicles....BY GOD IT IS INDEED ME!
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:33 am
by Bfowler
Man o Manochevitz! rofl.
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:42 am
by LeggoMyEggo
Bfowler wrote:Man o Manochevitz! rofl.
A favorite of yours, eh?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:26 am
by paintguy
stipud wrote:I have never heard of fake speakers.
I got stung on UK eBay with a set of fake JL XR tweeters that I bought to replace a damaged set.
Everything looked as it should, right down to the packaging and mounting hardware. When I looked more closely though, they didn't have the rubber surround that they should have had. An email to JL confirmed my suspicions, and not long after that JL stopped any internet trade, although I very much doubt it was just because of lil' old me!
Their eBay name was e-automart, but surprise surprise they are no longer a registered member, after all the negative feedback started rolling in
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:22 pm
by Mastiff
i have seen fake dls amps on ebay before
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:48 pm
by itchnertamatoa
stipud wrote:Wow, that's madness.
eBay just keeps getting better by the day!
If you sign up to that Australian forum, please copy all of the details here
I'm on that forum
what is it you want?
I'll copy the pix and post them here
there are quite a few of them though
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 12:57 pm
by itchnertamatoa
here goes pix
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:02 pm
by itchnertamatoa
more pix
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:07 pm
by itchnertamatoa
a few more
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:11 pm
by LeggoMyEggo
Boy, if you hadn't had problems with the speakers out of the box, it might have been tough to detect the fakes. They really are good knockoffs, although the sound has to be different. But if you haven't listened to Dyn's before how would one know?
Wouldn't it be ironic if Dynaudio had outsourced their mobile fidelity production to China recently and a factory down the street ended up producing these fakes?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:15 pm
by itchnertamatoa
yep
apparently focal is not at rest either
http://www.focal-fr.com/counterfeit.htm
soon even PG and other brands
damn chinese
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:17 pm
by stipud
Jesus tittyfucking christ those are uncanny knockoffs. You would never know! That is totally nuts!
I knew something was weird when you couldn't find Dyns ANYWHERE, and then they all of a sudden sprung up all over eBay.
I wonder what the frequency response is like between the two. Who knows, maybe the knockoffs sound better?
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:21 pm
by vin78
man, I wonder how many fakes were/is sold on ebay.
That sucks!
I also herd that fake Morel's and Focal's are floating around as well