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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

by 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.
BuildTheRobots 2y ago
Thanks for the archive link. I wonder what the DIP switches were for in the end?
aembleton 2y ago
Here's the magnet link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:600efecbcd0e270661c3f4ca0604b03a3b4adabd&dn=the-gbp-25-000-pre-amp-that-went-wrong-tom-evans-mastergroove-sr-mk-iii-rjbp-fsfzi-i&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbt1.archive.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbt2.archive.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&ws=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdownload%2F&ws=http%3A%2F%2Fia601500.us.archive.org%2F17%2Fitems%2F&ws=http%3A%2F%2Fia801500.us.archive.org%2F17%2Fitems%2F
mikewarot 2y ago
Watching the repair video, at 13:25 he states that the resistors have to be have well matched for the circuit to work. I posit that you could use 10% resistors, and it would work just as well. The individual gains don't have to be exactly the same, since they're all being summed anyway. Oh, and those plastic stand-offs really need to go. This reminded me of an old advertisement which compared a component stereo amplifiers specifications to that of a piece of wire. I spend almost an hour looking with google, etc., and I can't find it. 8(

by rwmj 2y ago

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.

BuildTheRobots 2y ago

Thanks for the archive link. I wonder what the DIP switches were for in the end?

aembleton 2y ago

Here's the magnet link: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:600efecbcd0e270661c3f4ca0604b03a3b4adabd&dn=the-gbp-25-000-pre-amp-that-went-wrong-tom-evans-mastergroove-sr-mk-iii-rjbp-fsfzi-i&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbt1.archive.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&tr=http%3A%2F%2Fbt2.archive.org%3A6969%2Fannounce&ws=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdownload%2F&ws=http%3A%2F%2Fia601500.us.archive.org%2F17%2Fitems%2F&ws=http%3A%2F%2Fia801500.us.archive.org%2F17%2Fitems%2F

mikewarot 2y ago

Watching the repair video, at 13:25 he states that the resistors have to be have well matched for the circuit to work. I posit that you could use 10% resistors, and it would work just as well. The individual gains don't have to be exactly the same, since they're all being summed anyway. Oh, and those plastic stand-offs really need to go. This reminded me of an old advertisement which compared a component stereo amplifiers specifications to that of a piece of wire. I spend almost an hour looking with google, etc., and I can't find it. 8(