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You need to read the "earlier coverage" link for this to make sense. For starters, "Tom Evans" is the manufacturing company, not necessarily just a random dude.

You need to read the "earlier coverage" link for this to make sense. For starters, "Tom Evans" is the manufacturing company, not necessarily just a random dude. But I guess Mend it Mark embarrassed the hell out of this company, so they're lashing out in the finest corporate-approved tradition for YouTube.

tylerflick 2y ago
Apparently Tom Evans is a dude at the company though. Their website looks as well put together as the amp in the video: http://www.audiodesign.co.uk/index.html http://www.audiodesign.co.uk/index.html
- justmarc 2y ago
  Exactly right, and more. Oh goodness.
- andrewflnr 2y ago
  I figured that was possible, hence "not necessarily", but he seems to be acting in the role of company here. At least for me, having a name that sounds like "just a guy", rather than a more conventional manufacturing company name, threw me way off for a little bit. :D
- scns 2y ago
  > The new MasterGroove SR Mk3 is a quite literally beyond reality! Oookay. But ironically fitting somehow.
  - asddubs 2y ago
    so it doesn't exist?
    - Vecr 2y ago
      No, it works okay-ish. For the cost they should have been able to do better though.
      - asddubs 2y ago
        I just mean being literally beyond reality could be interpreted to mean "not existing"
rwmj 2y ago
I watched the original video (big fan of Mark), and it was a perfectly ordinary repair video, albeit for a ridiculously overpriced piece of audiophile equipment. There was absolutely nothing in there I remember that could infringe copyright, unless simply opening up and taking a video of the inside of a piece of equipment can now infringe. He didn't even disparage the preamp. Unlike much audiophile nonsense, he noted it was genuinely properly designed electronics (albeit very very expensive). Edit: I'm now seeding https://archive.org/details/the-gbp-25-000-pre-amp-that-went-wrong-tom-evans-mastergroove-sr-mk-iii-rjbp-fsfzi-i https://archive.org/details/the-gbp-25-000-pre-amp-that-went... Enjoy your Streisand Effect.
- unsnap_biceps 2y ago
  I'm getting "The item is not available due to issues with the item's content." on the archive.org link
  - rwmj 2y ago
    Works for me, did you try the torrent?
    - unsnap_biceps 2y ago
      It works now, guess as the other poster said, it was a transient archive.org issue.
  - pessimizer 2y ago
    Archive.org has been weirdly broken for weeks. That error can pop up on almost everything when you try to get things one way, but if you try to get the same file another way, it downloads happily. I'm worried.
- andrewflnr 2y ago
  I'm guessing part of the embarrassment is from this part: > which the manufacturer claimed ‘could not be fixed’ which Mark definitively proved wrong. But also, he doesn't have to explicitly disparage the equipment if people can just look at it and make their own conclusions. Even if the actual design is sound (I'm not remotely qualified to judge), you have to admit it looks a bit janky. As for valid copyright claims, you're probably looking for reason where none exists.

tylerflick 2y ago

Apparently Tom Evans is a dude at the company though. Their website looks as well put together as the amp in the video: http://www.audiodesign.co.uk/index.html http://www.audiodesign.co.uk/index.html

justmarc 2y ago
Exactly right, and more. Oh goodness.
andrewflnr 2y ago
I figured that was possible, hence "not necessarily", but he seems to be acting in the role of company here. At least for me, having a name that sounds like "just a guy", rather than a more conventional manufacturing company name, threw me way off for a little bit. :D
scns 2y ago
> The new MasterGroove SR Mk3 is a quite literally beyond reality! Oookay. But ironically fitting somehow.
- asddubs 2y ago
  so it doesn't exist?
  - Vecr 2y ago
    No, it works okay-ish. For the cost they should have been able to do better though.
    - asddubs 2y ago
      I just mean being literally beyond reality could be interpreted to mean "not existing"

rwmj 2y ago

I watched the original video (big fan of Mark), and it was a perfectly ordinary repair video, albeit for a ridiculously overpriced piece of audiophile equipment. There was absolutely nothing in there I remember that could infringe copyright, unless simply opening up and taking a video of the inside of a piece of equipment can now infringe. He didn't even disparage the preamp. Unlike much audiophile nonsense, he noted it was genuinely properly designed electronics (albeit very very expensive). Edit: I'm now seeding https://archive.org/details/the-gbp-25-000-pre-amp-that-went-wrong-tom-evans-mastergroove-sr-mk-iii-rjbp-fsfzi-i https://archive.org/details/the-gbp-25-000-pre-amp-that-went... Enjoy your Streisand Effect.

unsnap_biceps 2y ago
I'm getting "The item is not available due to issues with the item's content." on the archive.org link
- rwmj 2y ago
  Works for me, did you try the torrent?
  - unsnap_biceps 2y ago
    It works now, guess as the other poster said, it was a transient archive.org issue.
- pessimizer 2y ago
  Archive.org has been weirdly broken for weeks. That error can pop up on almost everything when you try to get things one way, but if you try to get the same file another way, it downloads happily. I'm worried.
andrewflnr 2y ago
I'm guessing part of the embarrassment is from this part: > which the manufacturer claimed ‘could not be fixed’ which Mark definitively proved wrong. But also, he doesn't have to explicitly disparage the equipment if people can just look at it and make their own conclusions. Even if the actual design is sound (I'm not remotely qualified to judge), you have to admit it looks a bit janky. As for valid copyright claims, you're probably looking for reason where none exists.