Has anybody bought or heard a Chinese knock off amplifier?

mahgister,

"The fact that thephilosophy of your time has no appeal to you does not means the same thing in your case than in the case of Goethe... "

I beg to differ. It is about the same for Goethe and me. He might have been great at some things, but that does not make his disinterest in philosophy of his time much more noble or valuable than mine. Aside of that, I posses some skills that, for various reasons, he could not have dreamed of.

"You cannot , not because you are not interested, but mainly because that does not make sense for you...."

It just happens that I truly lack interest. I may be aware of a few more things than you would expect me to be. Sure, reading arguments from long-dead men trying to outsmart each other while not doing much is not my cup of tea. I find it boring.

Understanding Geniuses or Goethe is not about arguing.... I dont doubt by the way you are talented... It was never a competition between Sidis and you....

But Why undermining my point about interesting Geniuses biographies?

And Goethe or Archimedes are not dead....Spirit dont die....

Goethe for example never used first and foremost, "arguments", he was a supremum artist, and a natural scientist, he created art or he observed nature never argue about it....He only argued against the Newton way to reduce colors and he "argued" only with experiments against him, establishing the physiology of colors perception for the first time in history which was  praised by all, especially Edwin Land father of colors photography....It is only one of his accomplishment....

I will mute myself and going back to audio.... Sorry....

my best to you....

I can't take the time to read all this but, there is good stuff made in China by very reputable companies; I own an Auralic Aries G.1 .
There are fakes and weird stuff. Painting with a broad brush is never fruitful

There are people that buy Prima-Luna amps and pay good money for them, whats the difference ??  I have people send me amps to repair all the time from Chinese manufacturers, try to get a on-off switch or a knob or any help with diagrams.....I tried to repair a very popular Chinese amp not long ago and couldn't get a diagram or any help what so ever.....So I've decided to not repair any non-American amps.......So when you buy a Prima-Luna amp make friends with Kevin , he might fix it for you.........W

I have bought many China electronics. I have learned to use Google chrome translation on the China Taobao site and other Chinese reviews. There are cheap knockoffs and there are VERY good ones. Unless you know the language or spend time on the Chinese language sites you may never know. For the most part the ones on Aliexpress are the better ones but the best ones are only on the Chinese language Taobao.

I have very high end original equipment and some of the best clones. The best clones sound incredible but are slightly different from the exact sound of the originals.  Unfortunately there are some real turds as well as outstanding products as well. Most are modeled after discontinued products though which probably circumvents the issue with copyright. The Dart Zeel boards are 100% exact circuitboards and the component choice and device matching it what will seperate the original sond from the clone in absolute terms.