(tor b) wrote in
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Greg Singh (aka- Trotsky) is peddling his Madisound designed speakers
on Audiogon. The little sleaze is using Audiogon feedback left by
buyers of other stuff he has sold on Audiogon to give the impression
that someone has actually purchased these overpriced, overhyped,
under-engineered cheeseboxes. He also claims they are worth $1600!!!!
Of course, he doesn't say that it costs him much less than $300 (parts
and "labor") to make these things. Nor does he mention the extensive,
ten-day R&D period. I suggest everyone do a Google search on "Jupiter
Audio" to get the real truth behind this sleazy operation!

While it certainly isn't ethical to sell something to someone at
overinflated prices, it is legal to a point. Where people usually end up
in trouble is product liability, warranty, and a host of other well
defined legal issues. Things can get quite ugly if someone incurs a loss
that was directly or even indirectly related to the product sold.
Manufacturing an item has a number of issues associated with it and
certain laws do not apply to kits which is why they are sold as kits. It
isn't so much about money. Now if he claims to have a MSRP of $1600.00,
he will have to have proof that the MSRP is $1600.00 else face the
consequences. Many a person has gone to jail for making claims about a
product that could not be proven or were fictional. One could say that he
is not manufacturing something, but the truth of the matter is, according
to law, he is.

If the negative claims about Jupiter Audio are true, then I suspect he may
be in business for a while depending on who he sells his products to.
**** off the wrong guy, and Vito will break his legs. As a matter of
fact, knowing how things work in the Chicago area, he may wish ultimately
that his name was Bartman. Less painful.

I hope for his sake that he does not sell a speaker that catches fire and
kills someone. His next email address would most likely be part of the
Illinois Department of Corrections domain. This could happen quite
easily. One way would be to use a flammable dammping material inside the
speaker and then have a failure of the amp where the outputs short. That
could ignite the voice coil and then the damping material. Look at
http://www.roger-russell.com/lsd2.ht...ewacousticslab and scroll
down until you see the speaker engulfed in flames. Most of the sub amps
have no DC protection if an output shorts, so there goes the house and if
they are lucky, everyone will get out alive.

Buyer beware indeed!


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