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Re: When does a better mouse trap turn distasteful carboncopy cloning?

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It's not valid at all. If you didn't listen to both amps in a same system you cannot comment how they compare. You might have own GainCard for years, but you didn't own our amp and short audition at the Show, in unknown system and invironment, is not an indication of anything. The speakers used at the Montreal Show were brand new creation and how can you be sure that you were listening to the amp and not the speakers?

For somebody not having technical background, the GainCard may indeed grow to a legendary status, as it seems to be your case, but then, I'm surprised you don't own it anymore. Was it because you saw those pictures, posted here few months back?
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=104819#post104819

On the contrary, I also present a link to Amp-1 inside look, which is a totally different ball game.

>>I guess another question is: would this AMP-1 exist or even stand a chance of being noticed if it had not been for the Gaincard initially?<< My unswer to your question is: probably not. I wouldn't even know that those chips are so good. So here's my question to you: Whould consumers benefit from the fact that only GainCard is offered to them and no other alternative exist, doesn't matter if better or worse?

I am still not sure how the others will accept the fact that the amps look indeed, sort of similar, and I'm also curious how this thread will develop. But one thing should be certain, we were not trying to create a fake GainCard. To some who lived with GainCard for years it may look so, but for somebody seeing both amps for the first time, the appeal may be completely different.



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