Do chinese tube preamp/amp clones interest you?

Thank you all for the comments, political and apolitical, it has opened my eyes to things that I don’t think that much about.

I owned an Audio Space EL84 mini int amp that was awesome and an EL34 GemTune GS-01 that was also very good that was probably a knock off of a Nobsound or vice versa. 

I’m just trying to understand things here - So the companies who design their own tube gear like Audio Space, Ming Da, Jolida, Cayin & others are ok, but the ones who are stealing intellectual property and making clones of US made products are not ok. But what happens when a guy is stealing Nelson Pass’s designs or 47 Labs designs and calling them gainclones or custom chip amps right here in the US? NOGAS, right? Or when guys modify an existing tube amp, is that not cool either? Is it cool if it happens here in the US, but not in Communist China? 

Well, it cheating is Uncool, than if this election doesn’t get overturned, than the good ole USA will have become extremely Uncool, because everyone knows that there was massive cheating going on!!! And if you are one of those who lives in your bubble of MSM propaganda and think there was no election fraud, then just STFU and go buy your Chinese clone/stolen gear.


Wow! That last paragraph was totally unexpected! I wasn’t expecting to get political & nasty here, but there you have it. Let’s move on.

Looking at the new LO Mein preamp.

These cheap chinese preamps are useless. Nearly all of them are missing a key component, a ground stud to eliminate hum. It looks like one cheap cloner made one, made it wrong, and everyone else mindlessly copied the wrong design.

Imagine all your hard work and sacrifices, to create a sustainable business that provides employment to other to sustain their families, then one day you see this on the internet. Kick in the nutz if you ask me. 

If you did this is the US you would be bombarded into submission with litigation and legal fees. 

Why would anyone trade with a country that does this with no penalties. 

I'm big on "Made In USA" , when I pick something up off a shelf I look it's country of origin and I choose USA anytime I can and leave Made in China behind any time I can.  No, I'm not a Xenophobe but have been called that on other forums.    I just want good quality. 

Amps, Tuner, Speakers, power conditioner, cables are Made in USA.  DAC is made in Greece,  Disc player and Vault are made in Chinna ... good products but no way are they built like the other components in my system.   I chose Aurender over Auralic and others because it's not Made in China and the build quality is over the top.