New member Username: ThemehePost Number: 5 Registered: Dec-08 | TEINURO SPEAKERS http://www.tianleaudio.com TL-K1 |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 3151 Registered: May-05 | SPAM. Nothing like ripping off a company. They look a little too much like Focal Utopia speakers to me. |
Bronze Member Username: Barry_njGSP Exit 165, New Jersey Post Number: 20 Registered: Jan-09 | Did you check their site? A bunch of stuff looks like Sonus Faber too. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 3152 Registered: May-05 | I didn't give them the pleasure of adding to their hit count. |
Bronze Member Username: T2tPost Number: 24 Registered: Sep-05 | I didn't think white van speakers utilized real wood veneers. I guess the times are a' changin'. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 3160 Registered: May-05 | Not to stereotype every Chinese manufacturer, but the overwhelming majority of everything I've seen - audio, cars, electronics, and so on - has no value for intellectual property. Everything looks like a knock off of another company's products. Its a bit disturbing if you ask me. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 3161 Registered: May-05 | Toyota Corolla? Any wonder why BMW is persuing legal action? |
Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 11535 Registered: Dec-04 | Guys, I have worked on packaging machines that fill BIG rooms. The last on that I did was a knock-off, even to the color. Of course the electrinics didn't work right, but it was largely mechanical. The machine was installed in Minnesota. It was a Japanese design. |
Bronze Member Username: Barry_njGSP Exit 165, New Jersey Post Number: 22 Registered: Jan-09 | Ya lost me Stu, unless your pictures got mixed-up, because those two cars look nothing alike. |
Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 8869 Registered: Feb-05 | Yeah, I'm thinking that my Mazda 3 hatch looks more like the Beemer than that Toyota. |
Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 11547 Registered: Dec-04 | In about 2 hours that Toyota will look like a blonde. |
Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 11548 Registered: Dec-04 | Refer to Aisle 5, down the end, on the left. |
Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 8870 Registered: Feb-05 | Protect and serve...neat. |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 3163 Registered: May-05 | Maybe I my sense of vision is off, or maybe my post was misleading... Toyota Corolla Chinese Corolla knockoff BMW X5 Chinese X5 knockoff I'm not the only one who sees similarities between the X5 and the Chinese version. BMW is bringing suit. |
Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 2081 Registered: Feb-07 | Yowsers. That's a total rip-off. |
Gold Member Username: ArtkAlbany, Oregon USA Post Number: 8891 Registered: Feb-05 | Ahh now I see...not clear what you were doing with the first post. A couple of us thought you were comparing the Corolla look-a-like with the Beemer one...not so much. |
Bronze Member Username: Barry_njGSP Exit 165, New Jersey Post Number: 24 Registered: Jan-09 | Thanks for the clarification Stu, I now see what you were talking about ;~) |
Platinum Member Username: NuckPost Number: 11564 Registered: Dec-04 | I dont see the ripoff myself, cept'n the forward leaning sail between the B and C pillars. The body crease, the drooped-eye headlight pods and the rear high corner treatment all remind me of 3 other cars. But the point is well taken...too similar |
Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 2086 Registered: Feb-07 | I would assume the Chinese imitations are selling for a fair bit lower than the facsimiles? |
Gold Member Username: DmitchellOttawa, Ontario Canada Post Number: 2087 Registered: Feb-07 | Sorta like buying a "Rolex" downtown? |
Gold Member Username: Stu_pittIrvington, New York USA Post Number: 3166 Registered: May-05 | I saw the TV coverage of the Detroit Auto Show. They did a segment on the Chinese cars. Every car they showed was a knock off of a popular car. Those two are the tip off the iceburg. To quote Forest Gump - That's all I have to say about that. |