£25,000 Audiophile Pre-Amp repair video by Mend It Mark

[hpssb]

To be fair to Russ Andrews, I will say that unlike the subject of the thread, Russ Andrews Accessories give a money back guarantee on all their products and I believe 25 year guarantee...
The gear is also well made...

It would want it to be "well made" for the price, $1700 aussie for an audiophile grade IEC mains cable 

[andy3055]

Here is a great clip which Tom Evans should see:

[magic]

The mere threat of someone exercising their rights will, in most cases, gain compliance with reasonable demands without the need for legal intervention.

Somehow reminds me of this

[Halcyon]

To be fair to Russ Andrews, I will say that unlike the subject of the thread, Russ Andrews Accessories give a money back guarantee on all their products and I believe 25 year guarantee...
The gear is also well made...

It would want it to be "well made" for the price, $1700 aussie for an audiophile grade IEC mains cable 

Interesting how they sell UK, US and Euro plugs, but not Australian/New Zealand versions? I wonder why that is.

Also for an extra 200 pounds, you can get "Process Q™". Woooooo.

[Zero999]

That's news to me too, although I reserve some skepticism and refuse to automatically reject the possibility of such nonsense actually being real - it's government after all

Presumably you're commenting on my reply mentioning UK consumer law.

Why is it nonsense? If you buy something cheap, then you shouldn't expect it to last as something you've paid a lot of money for. It makes perfect sense the law takes this into account. A 1 year warranty (I don't know what the warranty on this item is, but that's often the default) on such an expensive product is just unreasonable.

Zero999, I understand this is the law of the land, but that is the kind of B.S. law that leaves to interpretation something that should be clearly stated in a warranty card or any other terms and conditions of the sale. The way it is, any disputes will require the intervention of the justice system, which is discouraging ($$$) for a great deal of cases.

If there is a clear warranty statement on the product or in the pre-sales material, it should left to the buyer the decison to pay so much for such puny warranty.

I only posted one section of the law. It does specify time periods, for rejecting the goods, repairs etc. just not a fixed warranty period. It stops manufacutres from doing shady things such as designing products which fail just outside the warranty period.

[squadchannel]

$449
(off topic. sorry.)

[Xena E]

To be fair to Russ Andrews, I will say that unlike the subject of the thread, Russ Andrews Accessories give a money back guarantee on all their products and I believe 25 year guarantee...
The gear is also well made...

It would want it to be "well made" for the price, $1700 aussie for an audiophile grade IEC mains cable 

I didn't mention value for  money. I did say I wouldnt buy it...

People who believe in all this old hokum are the ones that are going to get fleeced... and they deserve it.

But if you get a money back guarantee if it doesn't work as you expect, then nobody can complain... can they?

As for the price... call for your 90% discount 

It's all bollocks. The anti RFI kit that gets sold is usually defeated by a 2g phone. If you stand outside the shop when they're demonstrating some of their high end equipment it pisses them right off.

Once the tat is bought and paid for, I think the emperor won't return his new suit for a refund, because he has to then admit he was duped in the first instance.

It's clever marketing.

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[coppice]

To be fair to Russ Andrews, I will say that unlike the subject of the thread, Russ Andrews Accessories give a money back guarantee on all their products and I believe 25 year guarantee...
The gear is also well made...

It would want it to be "well made" for the price, $1700 aussie for an audiophile grade IEC mains cable 

That's a bargain. I've seen similar cables selling for over 4000 pounds. That one is 3m long. I think the 4000 pound ones were only 2m, so this one is even better value.

[Coordonnée_chromatique]

Immaging few milliseconds that a pair of JBL K2 S9800 sound not different than a pair of cheap loudspeakers is simply amazing stupid... because both are well designed.

You're now going off topic and shifting the goal posts. This thread is about amplifiers, not speakers.

Speakers do affect the sound quality, much more than any amplifier, but there's no need to spend silly money. Room acoustics are also important, even more so than decent speakers. If your room echos, then it can create distortion, as the reflected sound interferes with that produced by the speakers and it'll sound bad, irrespective of how much money you've wasted on them.

I'm sorry, thanks for your answer.
But, the electronics are intergated in the audio appliances today... who sill buy a separate preamplifier in 2024 
Even an old fart as me integrates a ready made AMP/DSP in its DIY loudspeakers.

[Zero999]

Immaging few milliseconds that a pair of JBL K2 S9800 sound not different than a pair of cheap loudspeakers is simply amazing stupid... because both are well designed.

You're now going off topic and shifting the goal posts. This thread is about amplifiers, not speakers.

Speakers do affect the sound quality, much more than any amplifier, but there's no need to spend silly money. Room acoustics are also important, even more so than decent speakers. If your room echos, then it can create distortion, as the reflected sound interferes with that produced by the speakers and it'll sound bad, irrespective of how much money you've wasted on them.

I'm sorry, thanks for your answer.
But, the electronics are intergated in the audio appliances today... who sill buy a separate preamplifier in 2024 
Even an old fart as me integrates a ready made AMP/DSP in its DIY loudspeakers.

Yes, integrating an amplifier into the speakers is a good, because it's easy to add a filter/signal processing to correct for the frequency response and phase shift of the speakers, but this thread is about a stand alone preamplifier.

[mikeselectricstuff]

Now ifixit joins the pile-on ...

[EEVblog]

Imagine being Tom Evans now sitting there realising how badly you screwed up.

[BrianHG]

Imagine being Tom Evans now sitting there realising how badly you screwed up.

1. On one hand, it will be nerve racking.

2. But then next he will come to the understanding that his clientele don't watch youtube repair videos.
(I give it a day of relief.)

3. Then he will realize how stupid his blunder was realizing if he just shut up, no one at all would ever know.
(This will be worse than my point #1, now he will have to hold his hopes on my point #2, otherwise, I don't think he will sell 10 of these per year anymore.)

[rsjsouza]

Imagine being Tom Evans now sitting there realising how badly you screwed up.

2. But then next he will come to the understanding that his clientele don't watch youtube repair videos.
(I give it a day of relief.)

That or a great deal of audiophiles will excuse the poor price/workmanship ratio as I have seen in some of the fora around the internet.

3. Then he will realize how stupid his blunder was realizing if he just shut up, no one at all would ever know.
(This will be worse than my point #1, now he will have to hold his hopes on my point #2, otherwise, I don't think he will sell 10 of these per year anymore.)

If he overcomes the blindness that was triggered by his initial reaction to the video and the criticisms to his workmanship, he might re-tool with better products. On the other hand, we all have seen so many others that simply go hiding for a couple of years and then return to the same practices by a simple re-branding.

[pope]

To be fair to Russ Andrews, I will say that unlike the subject of the thread, Russ Andrews Accessories give a money back guarantee on all their products and I believe 25 year guarantee...
The gear is also well made...

It would want it to be "well made" for the price, $1700 aussie for an audiophile grade IEC mains cable 

You really have to match it with the correct fuse to experience the full potential.

[Halcyon]

Imagine being Tom Evans now sitting there realising how badly you screwed up.

Don't worry. Tom Evans can re-invent his scam products under a new name: Tim Owens.

[Stringwinder]

Now the audiophiles can be amazed too!

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/the-tom-evans-vs-mend-it-mark-shitstorm-is-great.1075383/post-17515085

[timeandfrequency]

Now the audiophiles can be amazed too!

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/the-tom-evans-vs-mend-it-mark-shitstorm-is-great.1075383/post-17515085

The link seems to be dead.

I found this one on the same forum :

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/tom-evans-groove-plus-phono-stage.477761/#post-17515677

[Xena E]

To be fair to Russ Andrews, I will say that unlike the subject of the thread, Russ Andrews Accessories give a money back guarantee on all their products and I believe 25 year guarantee...
The gear is also well made...

It would want it to be "well made" for the price, $1700 aussie for an audiophile grade IEC mains cable 

You really have to match it with the correct fuse to experience the full potential.

They make a real difference... to your bank balance.

I'll bet the people who came up with the directional quantum science fuses is having a propper laugh at the gullible rubes that they have suckered in.

The mastergroove preamp in the mean time is now offered at £12,500

Let me know when its £12-50

X

[langwadt]

that kind nonsense sounds like a great way to do money laundering

[Zero999]

Now the audiophiles can be amazed too!

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/the-tom-evans-vs-mend-it-mark-shitstorm-is-great.1075383/post-17515085

The link seems to be dead.

I found this one on the same forum :

https://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/tom-evans-groove-plus-phono-stage.477761/#post-17515677

The other link wasn't dead when I clicked on it 10 hours ago. Perhaps Evans has influence on autiokarma.org?

[Gyro]

Taken down for talking about copyright infringement? 

[timeandfrequency]

Taken down for talking about copyright infringement? 

If it goes on like this, Tom Evans will take down the entire Internet^^

[BrianHG]

Taken down for talking about copyright infringement? 

If it goes on like this, Tom Evans will take down the entire Internet^^

  I guess Tom is going down the dig your hole as deep as possible route.

[Zero999]

I would love to see Dave's reaction, if he told him to delete these threads.