Recent content by noms78

Not a chance. That would not explain the thicker tweeter/woofer grills or 'soldering iron' HERTZ lettering on the woofer gaskets. It would be very interesting to see how these Chinese fakes were produced (reverse engineering, technology, materials, moulds, etc). Im guessing they got hold of a...

Summary of key differences between genuine and fake MLK165. I combined all the information about this topic into a single post: Crossovers: Comparison of fake vs genuine. Fakes have 335 J 100V on the large white capacitor and a grey capacitor above the inductor (coiled red wire). Genuine has...

Hi 1) I just tried a second HU and faceplate (same model) which I bought used off ebay. They didn't make a big difference to the bass response. 2) The ground wire coming from the head unit is currently connected to the negative battery terminal, from which another wire runs straight to the...

Hi all In recent months the sound in my system has changed for the worse. The bass level/fidelity seems to have dropped off and the treble seems harsher than before (easily fatigues my ears). I've had the HU (Alpine 9825 cd player) since January 2004 so it is 7.5 years old! I haven't changed...

Interesting. That could explain what I have been noticing. How exactly did you use an iPod as a source for your CD-only HUs?

Hi all I currently own an Alpine 9825 cd player (does not support for mp3) and it sounds great. Initially I bought the 9826 (cd/mp3 model) but ended up returning it for a 9825 because cds sounded better (clearer, tighter sounding with more bass impact) with that unit. Since both units came...

Hertz confirmation ----------------- Dear Mr. _______ Thank you for your email. We have just now completed our checks about the serial number of this product and, according to it, the product seems not to be a genuine Hertz MLK 165. As per our previous email, from today we will start...

You have got to be kidding me? Of course there will be a difference in sound between genuine speakers and fakes. Chinese counterfeiting operations are very established and sophisticated now. They have the ingenuity, machines and people to make copies of "mechanically simple" items such as...

Ebay sellers who are selling fake MLK 165: 2463wayne zifartronicx

Because I didn't have a need to join a forum until now.

Will do. But I have a feeling the counterfeiters got hold of some genuine serial numbers and just duplicated those. Wouldn't be too hard right?

Hi I just purchased a set of MLK165 from US ebay seller but I am 100% convinced they are fakes. I suspect these are the same speakers that are being sold in Malaysia/Singapore for US$200-250 by sellers that do not list their location. The first time I inspected the speakers I did not notice...