Naim clone coming your way soon
Posted by: Sounsfaber on 03 June 2016
How do these low life's get away with this.
Im guessing it's not the first time.
im vsure it wouldn't be popular in China as they like to get the real deal. It the outside world buy it.
You would think flea bay could be held liable for this mischief .
My guess is that (A) these amps are probably poorly made using very low cost (low spec) components and (B) is it really worthwhile for Naim to go legal on this ? My answer is no. This will be purchased by somebody who cannot afford a Naim. I doubt that this is going to damage the Salisbury balance sheet. Caveat emptor !!!!!
Stefan Vogt posted:It would be interesting to hear naim's position on this one. For example, the circuits of many classic naim gear are available on the web IIRC - is this legal? Maybe naim IS happy with such being public domain? I guess the more complex streamer/DAC circuits aren't public any more, thus we won't see a NDX clone anytime soon.
Circuit diagrams themselves of not copyrightable - unless the original document that was published by the copyright owner has been directly copied. There is nothing stopping anyone creating the circuit digram themselves of a given circuit and sharing it - that is no crime and indeed prevalent in engineering in my experience.
Now patents are something else - but in audio circuitry they are few and far between so I understand - and even here it might be a grey area - as a circuit digram schematic does not describe how a circuit works - it is just a representation of the circuit.
However I think most realise its all about the implementation of the circuit that makes the real difference.
To Innocent Bystander - I can quite legally in the UK, seemingly, buy a Rolex Replica - it looks like a Rolex - but it is a replica - and around 2~5% of the price... but why would I as it not the real thing - and I suspect would not be accurate +/-2 seconds a day... ?
Simon
Simon-in-Suffolk posted:
To Innocent Bystander - I can quite legally in the UK, seemingly, buy a Rolex Replica - it looks like a Rolex - but it is a replica - and around 2~5% of the price... but why would I as it not the real thing - and I suspect would not be accurate +/-2 seconds a day... ?
Simon
If it purports to be a Rolex but isn't, I.e it is a fake passing itself off as a Rolex by saying that it is one, then my clear understanding is that it is illegal to sell in the UK - and I believe in most other places. A replica that says it is a replica is a different matter. Importing is also illegal, e.g if you have purchased overseas, even for your own use. Purchase isn't illegal, but I don't know about posession.
If there are any Trading Standards Officers or trading law lawyers as members perhaps they vcould confirm definitively?
Assumptions re the sound quality of the product in question are just that : it is possible that it could be good. My personal experience of Chinese products - and I have some direct experience both personal and professional - is that they can be great, though equally they can be awful, and with some things quality control is not their strong point, so quality can vary hugely from individual item to individual item.
Caveat emptor; if something is too good to be true.....
bluedog posted:Caveat emptor; if something is too good to be true.....
+1 to that.....