By richie
Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:43 am
Seller out of Taiwan for the past while has been remaking the MVA-OP1 and the MV8-VGA expansion:
https://www.ebay.com/usr/hellogadgets
Now while this is great for some, this post also acts as a warning due to the quality in which these remakes are being produced. I've linked pictures below of the actual expansions that are being sold / have sold. Very poor quality soldering and low quality components (from first sight, using generic Chinese Chongx capacitors are not what you'd want on your signal path. Unless you like the fact that these capacitors are commonly known to not perform to spec and will very likely raise your noise floor, not fun. I'm very sure any of us would be willing to pay $20 more for higher spec components.
This workmanship is not something one should consider to be reliable. So if you do decide to purchase, do yourself a favor and have someone clean up the solder quality, swap out the capacitors and any other poorly identifiable components for a higher quality equivalent.
For hellogadgets to charge a premium for these upgrades, then at the very least produce better quality kits.
Check the second post, I'll be linking close up pics of these upgrades as well. Simply right click on the images and open in a new browser tab to see the true size.
https://www.ebay.com/usr/hellogadgets
Now while this is great for some, this post also acts as a warning due to the quality in which these remakes are being produced. I've linked pictures below of the actual expansions that are being sold / have sold. Very poor quality soldering and low quality components (from first sight, using generic Chinese Chongx capacitors are not what you'd want on your signal path. Unless you like the fact that these capacitors are commonly known to not perform to spec and will very likely raise your noise floor, not fun. I'm very sure any of us would be willing to pay $20 more for higher spec components.
This workmanship is not something one should consider to be reliable. So if you do decide to purchase, do yourself a favor and have someone clean up the solder quality, swap out the capacitors and any other poorly identifiable components for a higher quality equivalent.
For hellogadgets to charge a premium for these upgrades, then at the very least produce better quality kits.
Check the second post, I'll be linking close up pics of these upgrades as well. Simply right click on the images and open in a new browser tab to see the true size.
MPC 1000 / 2000 / 2000XL / S900 / S1000 / S2800 / S3000XL / S6000
ROLEX GMT 116769TBR / SILK ISFAHAN RUG
ROLEX GMT 116769TBR / SILK ISFAHAN RUG
Last edited by richie on Thu Feb 27, 2020 3:59 am, edited 3 times in total.