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Geoff_T · 25th August 2004

Hi

What really miffs me is the nonsense posted on EBay for the gullibly minded.

I have seen at least two relatively cheapo consoles being sold as Neve designed or modelled on a Neve.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

I have seen 1458 and 3503 Oscillators sold as mic pres

And I have had pass through my shop a DA90 rack casing (with the magic "N" on the front cover) that had two quad line input buffer cards from a 51 series inside and cheap pots fitted to the front panel with no silk screening. The audio path was a single 5534 per channel with a reversed line input transformer.

This unit was sold for around $2,000 as a Neve 8 channel mic pre.

If anyone has a query about the authenticity of Neve equipment, please feel free to email me or post to my Ask Geoff forum so that everyone can read about it.

http://www.auroraaudio.net/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi

25th August 2004	#29
Geoff_T Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Tujunga Posts: 3,718	Hi What really miffs me is the nonsense posted on EBay for the gullibly minded. I have seen at least two relatively cheapo consoles being sold as Neve designed or modelled on a Neve. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW I have seen 1458 and 3503 Oscillators sold as mic pres And I have had pass through my shop a DA90 rack casing (with the magic "N" on the front cover) that had two quad line input buffer cards from a 51 series inside and cheap pots fitted to the front panel with no silk screening. The audio path was a single 5534 per channel with a reversed line input transformer. This unit was sold for around $2,000 as a Neve 8 channel mic pre. If anyone has a query about the authenticity of Neve equipment, please feel free to email me or post to my Ask Geoff forum so that everyone can read about it. http://www.auroraaudio.net/cgi-bin/dcforum/dcboard.cgi __________________ Geoff Tanner Aurora Audio International See us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/auroraaudio http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may1...off-tanner.htm http://www.auroraaudio.net/ http://www.amazon.com/Window-Past-Ge...8737082&sr=1-9 http://www.grandmasterrecorders.com For quicker responses, please use my email (Geoff at auroraaudio.net) in preference to pm's on these forums.