"I will leave it to Audiogon members to decide who copied what. Take a look at ads and dates."
I believe there may be some misunderstanding here, allow me to clarify.
People often serve as inspiration but rarely can single individuals claim to be the emperor of all. This case bears no exception, as you yourself designed a plinth which was obviously inspired by the exterior lines and angles incorporated into a much older existing design developed originally by Technics for the very SP10Mk2 and Mk3 models that you and I, amongst many others, so passionately continue to covet. I do not wish to, nor has it ever been my goal to invalidate or diminish your own efforts (publicly or privately), however, since you continue attempting to stigmatize my own design efforts on public forums, I will then rightfully respond. True, you may have been the primary source responsible for bringing the Technics SP10Mk3 back into the community spotlight is not the contention and I believe I have already acknowledged this. The timing aspect of offering an updated revised version of the SH-10B3 style plinth, apparently is. Yes, indeed your plinth baring this form did reach the marketplace first. However, neither you nor any member here can claim that another SH-10B3 shaped plinth was not also in the developmental stages by Artisan Fidelity during this period of time. My design, inspired by the original factory design and thereby "your" design is quite different however (as mentioned previously), in its internal constraining layers, materials and implementation of these as a whole. The balance in terms of presentation is quite different, this much I can assure you, as I have spent enough time personally listening to your plinths sent in for repair to know first hand. People learn from other people and that is the beauty of the game, this does not have to be a competition. In all fairness and for the record, you took some of my ideas and I took some of yours and we learned from each other. For those members not aware, over the course of the past year and a half, we have had several A. Porter plinths in for extensive repair as a result of the Ebony plank wrap severely splitting apart along all sides. It was not long after this, that A. Porter began building his plinths with much thicker plank wrap, obviously as a preventative measure against cracking, this same practice has been employed and advertised by Artisan Fidelity from the beginning, then later copied. I see another more recent practice of yours, the advent of chassis refinishing/coating, platter refurbishment and even more comprehensive restoration services which have been employed, again these such services have been offered by Artisan Fidelity from the start.
These will be my final comments regarding this issue on this thread. I would ask though that you please refrain from continuing to chastise our products when in reality we continue to respectively move in different design directions.
I think its time to bury the hatchet.
I believe there may be some misunderstanding here, allow me to clarify.
People often serve as inspiration but rarely can single individuals claim to be the emperor of all. This case bears no exception, as you yourself designed a plinth which was obviously inspired by the exterior lines and angles incorporated into a much older existing design developed originally by Technics for the very SP10Mk2 and Mk3 models that you and I, amongst many others, so passionately continue to covet. I do not wish to, nor has it ever been my goal to invalidate or diminish your own efforts (publicly or privately), however, since you continue attempting to stigmatize my own design efforts on public forums, I will then rightfully respond. True, you may have been the primary source responsible for bringing the Technics SP10Mk3 back into the community spotlight is not the contention and I believe I have already acknowledged this. The timing aspect of offering an updated revised version of the SH-10B3 style plinth, apparently is. Yes, indeed your plinth baring this form did reach the marketplace first. However, neither you nor any member here can claim that another SH-10B3 shaped plinth was not also in the developmental stages by Artisan Fidelity during this period of time. My design, inspired by the original factory design and thereby "your" design is quite different however (as mentioned previously), in its internal constraining layers, materials and implementation of these as a whole. The balance in terms of presentation is quite different, this much I can assure you, as I have spent enough time personally listening to your plinths sent in for repair to know first hand. People learn from other people and that is the beauty of the game, this does not have to be a competition. In all fairness and for the record, you took some of my ideas and I took some of yours and we learned from each other. For those members not aware, over the course of the past year and a half, we have had several A. Porter plinths in for extensive repair as a result of the Ebony plank wrap severely splitting apart along all sides. It was not long after this, that A. Porter began building his plinths with much thicker plank wrap, obviously as a preventative measure against cracking, this same practice has been employed and advertised by Artisan Fidelity from the beginning, then later copied. I see another more recent practice of yours, the advent of chassis refinishing/coating, platter refurbishment and even more comprehensive restoration services which have been employed, again these such services have been offered by Artisan Fidelity from the start.
These will be my final comments regarding this issue on this thread. I would ask though that you please refrain from continuing to chastise our products when in reality we continue to respectively move in different design directions.
I think its time to bury the hatchet.
