i have posted this note from Doc B. (designer of Foreplay) at wiredstate.com for the info of the local audiophile community. what hypertriode is selling is a tube-rectified cathode follower preamp, similar but not exactly the foreplay. sale of foreplay is "unauthorized" unless you got it from bottlehead.com
Posted by Doc B. ( M ) on June 07, 2002 at 10:58:20
In Reply to: foreplay questions. posted by tweaktrader on June 07, 2002 at 10:03:09:
> What is the deal with the clones? Can they legally be called Foreplay pre-amps?
"Of course not, not if the intention is to sell them. But of course some folks don't recognize the way they are demeaning themselves when they do something like that, nor do they consider that they are just begging for a lawsuit. A more fundamental question might be, why would anyone want to buy something from a person who has so little experience or creativity that they can't conceive their own designs and come up with a name for them?
Cripes, if one is going to make a knockoff to sell, make a knockoff of an $87K Ongaku, not a $149 Foreplay. A voltage amp direct coupled to a cathode follower is not exactly new or unique. So there's no need to call it our product if it isn't, aside from taking advantage of our product's reputation in misrepresenting what they are selling."
Doc B. "