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. |