[jpoprock]

Yeah, this is a drag for Mike for sure and for any honest company who puts the work in developing a product. But I know from first hand experience that this is how Indochina companies work. They know what they are doing, and keep getting better and better at it. I'm a musician, and these guys can clone almost anything, and do. Usually though, they don't know much at all about what they are cloning, but they know how to make it. American companies also take advantage of this too, by sending say a guitar pedal to them and saying "make something like this based off this circuitry, and they will! They send numerous demos back and forth until the boss says "we like this one, make this one the production run. Now, they (the factories) have no idea what capacitor does what to get that tone, etc. These guys are not "tone gurus"! They are literally dudes in lab coats! They just do the best they can, And send lots of product samples. The one they get right, they can then recreate over and over again. Once approved, it becomes the production model.

I hope Mike can do something, but word of mouth, branding, quality, and support will win in the end I'm sure!

J