philcycles wrote:

These mics are usually stolen designs going out the back door of the
factory. Is that something that yuo'd like to be involved in? One of
the magazines-Mix?-has a letter from a mic designer detailing just such
a deal.

I'll simply state that that is not the case here. If you want to know
more, the mailing list will provide details. If not, please feel free
to ignore. There are many good reasons why someone might not want to
take part in this.

I haven't read the Mix letter, but as I stated, there are a lot of
importers who don't like these buys. So it is possible that the letter
in question carries some bias, and perhaps even misinformation, based on
the fact that he sees his business being undermined. But the fact
remains that these purchases are being made under the exact same terms
and conditions as the mics that he buys from the same factory.

If you're arguing that the Chinese are copying the designs of existing,
respected mic manufacturers, I don't think that is news to anyone.

It's not my intention to get into a lengthy debate about this here. If
it's not for you, please ignore it and move on. BTW, I'm not the
organizer of this deal, just a possible participant. I just thought
that there might be some other folks here who would be interested.