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

>>I am still not sure how the others will accept the fact that the amps look indeed, sort of similar,

==Back when audio was "box driven"(could still be), many mfg'rs would offer a *black* version, of their *silver* version.

The AMP-1 looks to be the *silver* (w-gold knobs)version of the 47labs product. I know and understand the differences in the amps. Without judging the sonics, the amps -for all inents and purposes- look exceedingly similar. To the point of distraction. And it is kinda distracting.

>>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.

==With such a simple platform as a gainclone, there exists a great opportunity for aesthetic enhancement, unique to existing designs. The 2 box channell and end caps structure, while not *the same* only serves to dilute the 47Labs original design methodology. In effect devalueing BOTH products simultaneously, ultimately. So now we should expect yet even more very similar designs?

TC

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