After much harassment I've decided to return to audio and electronics. I have been building and destroying cars for the last couple of years. They keep threatening me with riches and fame, but you know that's a bunch o bullsh!t don't ya?
Gus said:Make sure you build clones because that is all people seem to want.
alexc said:Gus said:Make sure you build clones because that is all people seem to want.
Hardly surprising since most electronics has been done many times over in just about every available configuration.
And how do you define a clone anyhow? Kind of a wide spectrum there.
In short - wot a generalisation that is to make !
Gus said:Make sure you build clones because that is all people seem to want.
Gus said:Make sure you build clones because that is all people seem to want.
DaveP said:I'd be interested to hear opinion on this. My opinion is that Analag has done some genuinely inspirational work, wound his own transformers etc, true DIY.
Gus said:Most of the fun people left and I would guess one reason is nothing interesting posted maybe because someone will take it and claim it as there own
DaveP said:I wonder how many people would take any notice of any original design of mine, I would bet they would prefer to see me re-create a classic. Its about a point of reference I guess, classics have a track record, originals don't.
I used to operate a kit business back in the '70s (Phoenix Systems) and back then the dominant dynamic was people building kits to save money. I participated in the paradigm by building a bench full of Heath Kit test equipment for less money.DaveP said:Gus said:Make sure you build clones because that is all people seem to want.
This is an interesting thread.
There are clones and clones. Building a kit is like painting by numbers, someone else has done all the hard graft for you.
I don't completely understand the attraction for all things old (I'm old). While there is a subset of old legacy products that didn't suck back then and don't suck now. At Peavey when we decided to make a tube comp/limiter we had to tool our own opto gain element since there was no production part available off the shelf. This was to appeal to a niche market and it would have sold far better if offered by somebody with a hipper brand image.Building the thing from scratch when the original parts are either no longer available or too expensive to make it possible is quite another.
The originality or heritage of a design should not matter, the performance should. I escaped from the hifi side of audio decades ago because it did not see any connection between product performance and market success.I wonder how many people would take any notice of any original design of mine, I would bet they would prefer to see me re-create a classic. Its about a point of reference I guess, classics have a track record, originals don't.
While it is true you need to do something different to improve any existing design, it does not follow that anything different will be better. Sometimes it is just different. In these days when audio technology is pretty mature and most paths are quite good, the easiest way to sound different is to deviate from flat, linear response.I'd be interested to hear opinion on this. My opinion is that Analag has done some genuinely inspirational work, wound his own transformers etc, true DIY.
best
DaveP
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