Hi
> On Dec 14, 2014, at 9:53 AM, Magnus Danielson <mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org> > wrote: > > Fellow time-nuts, > > I have seen the long debate about the fake 58503s. Maybe we should take a > step back and think a little about that. Why does someone rebuild say Z3801s > into 58503s? or convert 3805’s the same way … > Because somehow they are expected to have a higher value, and therefore there > is a profit to be made in doing so. > > Why is there a higher value? Because the potential buys have made that > decision, sub-consciously. There is a few differences, but to some degree > they are superficial. > > If you want to reduce the likelihood of being fooled by fakes, then don't > raise certain "magic number" boxes to the skies and prices with it. > > I could make better use of my Z3801A if I did a few mods myself, beyond the > modification from RS422 to RS232. Honest mods and upgrades is one thing we > might encourage rather than encourage the fakes. > > I too have considered the 58503, but consider the price disproportionate to > what the Z3801A gives me. Even the “real genuine original” Z38xx and 58xxx boxes differ mainly in the power supply area. The firmware and performance differences are minor. > > So, let's stop this thread of hurt feelings, while it has been interesting > and enlightening, we can't get very much more right now. Let's open our boxes > and try to see the modifications we can do, collect them on a webpage for > everyone to enjoy and use, and be done with it. Or one could buy the KS boxes that are known *not* to be fakes / have the same basic performance and move on in that direction with web pages etc…. Bob > > Cheers, > Magnus > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
