Wow! Legit?

[KingsXJJ]

If not, copies are getting better by the day.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808218082948.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.81eephvKphvKqH&algo_pvid=224ad3dd-ba73-4be1-b608-fb24a9805900&algo_exp_id=224ad3dd-ba73-4be1-b608-fb24a9805900-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%22-1%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%7D&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%21299.00%21239.20%21%21%21299.00%21239.20%21%402101e9a217482665740817904e01d9%2112000044897522811%21sea%21US%210%21ABX&curPageLogUid=0bAe3LvYUoV4&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

 

[Hush]

I ain't clicking on that. How bout a picture and a description?

 

[KingsXJJ]

I ain't clicking on that. How bout a picture and a description?

Sure thing and I completely understand. UA 68 Lion for $239 free shipping to US.

 

[KingsXJJ]

K

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

$239 before or after tar… special charges?

 

[KingsXJJ]

$239 before or after tar… special duties?

Who knows at this point.

 

[EOengineer]

$239 before or after tar… special charges?

Congratulations, you’ve won an all expenses paid trip to El Salvador.

 

[James Freeman]

Ancient chinese sorcery..... firmware extraction.

 

[KingsXJJ]

Ancient chinese sorcery..... firmware extraction.

Doesn’t explain the shell/box it comes in. If it’s fake, it fantastic mimicry.

I have a suspicion they’re real. Loads of mark up at UA. These pedals are everywhere right now for $299. And that’s with ~20% inflation since I tried the Lion.

No politics, just gear please.

 

[fiftyshadesofslay]

 

[norminal]

If not, copies are getting better by the day.

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808218082948.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.81eephvKphvKqH&algo_pvid=224ad3dd-ba73-4be1-b608-fb24a9805900&algo_exp_id=224ad3dd-ba73-4be1-b608-fb24a9805900-0&pdp_ext_f=%7B%22order%22%3A%22-1%22%2C%22eval%22%3A%221%22%7D&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%21299.00%21239.20%21%21%21299.00%21239.20%21%402101e9a217482665740817904e01d9%2112000044897522811%21sea%21US%210%21ABX&curPageLogUid=0bAe3LvYUoV4&utparam-url=scene%3Asearch%7Cquery_from%3A

Does it have MIDI?

 

[Mikael Dez]

Order it and tell. Be the hero we need you to be.

 

[Antipodes]

Does it have MIDI?

That would be the give away. If it had MIDI the jig would be well and truly up.

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

How can we tell if there is aliasing or not, if the name is the same?

 

[Chocol8]

They could be the exact same product pulled from the same production line but not sold to or through UA. Yes, that has happened to plenty of companies that have outsourced to China.

They could be good looking fakes.

They could be fakes using real photos and won’t look the same when you get it.

There is a teeny tiny chance they are real and were acquired at a lower Chinese market price. Not very likely at all.

99% plus chance someone is getting scammed.

 

[Antipodes]

How can we tell if there is aliasing or not, if the name is the same?

Well, if you can play it without actually being in a band, it, clearly, is not band limited - which implies aliasing -- according to my colouring book. But then again, that very clarity militates against the presence of aliasing. What a poser. Admire we must, the subtlety of the oriental mind ... wheels within wheels. What chance do a bunch of idle western gearheads have against the massed intellects - if not the actual AI - behind AliExpress. Well played, good sirs, well played.

 

[timbuck3]

Congratulations, you’ve won an all expenses paid trip to El Salvador.

Free kidnapping included

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

Well, if you can play it without actually being in a band, it, clearly, is not band limited - which implies aliasing -- according to my colouring book. But then again, that very clarity militates against the presence of aliasing. What a poser. Admire we must, the subtlety of the oriental mind ... wheels within wheels. What chance do a bunch of idle western gearheads have against the massed intellects - if not the actual AI - behind AliExpress. Well played, good sirs, well played.

you've completely lost me on this one

 

[dronerstone]

Without checking, are the originals made in China as well? That would explain a lot.

Looks like the graveyard shift wants to earn some extra money.

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If not, it's probably this:

1) buy 1 original
2) make enclosure mold
3) extract firmware
4) ???????
5) profit

 

[Antipodes]

you've completely lost me on this one

Do you remember the scene in M. Python and the Holy Grail where there is discussion as to how the assembled men might deduce whether or not the woman with a parsnip tied in front of her nose is a witch? That is the sort of fiendish logic at play here, my good man.