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In Reply to: When does a better mouse trap turn distasteful carboncopy cloning? posted by Srajan Ebaen (R) on July 8, 2003 at 08:59:14:
As I am a person behind Amp-1, I think few words of explanation might be in order.First of all, technology behind GainCard cannot be patented, as they use readily available IC chip amp, used also in car stereos and portables. The implementation of the circuit may differ, and ours is different also. We are using inverting mode on the amp, do not have 12 positions stepped attenuators, but 31 steps detented pots and all the parts are completely different. We are not using printed board, but p2p technique. We actualy use a different chip too, as the one used by 47 Labs is an isolated version. There is a different location to attach chip to the chassis, the different materials for the chassiss and the different colors.
The only resemblance between our amp and GainCard is the approach of using 2 square tube channels closed on both ends by front and rear panels. I had doubts about that issue initially and implementing it in a marketplace on another amp. However, when I investigated it more, it seemed like the simplest and most effective way to built a small chassis. When you think about it, there cannot be really a patent on the shape of the audio unit as all of them look almost the same (square boxes). If patent applies here, it can only be assosiated with a method the panels are connected together and we do it in a completely different way than it is done in a GainCard.
If the company that came first with a chassis design accomodating top cover and two panels (one for the front and one for the back), didn't allow others to copy it, we wouldn't have high end audio as such ;-)
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- Re: When does a better mouse trap turn distasteful carboncopy cloning? - Peter Daniel 11:49:28 07/08/03 (1)
- Re: When does a better mouse trap turn distasteful carboncopy cloning? - Bruce from DC 12:19:08 07/08/03 (0)
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