pucho812
Well-known member
Good god, I have never seen so many clones in my life at an AES show. Even worse is how some of them are nominated for tec awards and sound on sound awards.
I get it, the LA2A and other items like a u-87 or 1176 are old designs and we can sretch what their IP owners can control, but come on, at lest do something a little different with it as opposed to just having a complete copy down to the look. It's disheartening to see some company spring up over night and be hailed as being great when their entire catalog is copies of existing designs. Meanwhile there are companies, with real designers making new and unique designs and they have a more tough time because to do new designs takes R&D money. Which in turn means a higher price tag on the street.
It makes it hard to compete. I don't know when it became acceptable to sell clones when there are reissues on the market as technically it would be a design in the market place but man, talk about depressing.
Now the DIY community is one thing because, you build it for you and do your thing. Might even learn a thing or two. But selling finished units on a mass scale is just undercutting new ideas because companies can't compete with the less expensive copies...
I get it, the LA2A and other items like a u-87 or 1176 are old designs and we can sretch what their IP owners can control, but come on, at lest do something a little different with it as opposed to just having a complete copy down to the look. It's disheartening to see some company spring up over night and be hailed as being great when their entire catalog is copies of existing designs. Meanwhile there are companies, with real designers making new and unique designs and they have a more tough time because to do new designs takes R&D money. Which in turn means a higher price tag on the street.
It makes it hard to compete. I don't know when it became acceptable to sell clones when there are reissues on the market as technically it would be a design in the market place but man, talk about depressing.
Now the DIY community is one thing because, you build it for you and do your thing. Might even learn a thing or two. But selling finished units on a mass scale is just undercutting new ideas because companies can't compete with the less expensive copies...