Separated at birth

Look familiar?
http://www.beone-audio.com/Loudspeaker/ywzx/20070907/174943.shtml

I totally understand the company's philosophy after reading their background...

"In 1978, the two finally decided to create their own brand of "high quality price benefits, high-tech gold content" for the purpose, to promote the "sound than the rhyme," was born." (You don't say... )
http://www.beone-audio.com/lsxwm/20070907/191119.shtml

Hi,

Familiar?

Some look like wilson benesch or even sonus faber.

"X-box materials and M material'
sound like same as Wilson audio.but anyone call it X or M or any alphabet.

But the important thing is anyone heard this compant product?Sure look promising.


KLau
www.h1f1.blogspot.com

Be One Audio = China made Bower and Wilkins

arremie wrote:Be One Audio = China made Bower and Wilkins

Yup. You can see their B&W clones in this write up...
http://hifi-unlimited.blogspot.com/2009/10/middle-kingdom-in-amcorp-mall-audio.html

Looks like they have moved on from B&W to Sonus Faber now. Dunno what's the next victim... Focal Utopia?

Lai lai cheap Sonus Faber haha

Jokes apart....Simon has a setup of Be One stuff. I have to admit it sounded pretty amazing. At least to my ear.

Hi,

Wo~!!! everything in 1 dish.
Company information looks respectable with years of experaince but why they want to copy cat?


KLau
www.h1f1.blogspot.com

hifikrazy wrote:

arremie wrote:Be One Audio = China made Bower and Wilkins

Yup. You can see their B&W clones in this write up...
http://hifi-unlimited.blogspot.com/2009/10/middle-kingdom-in-amcorp-mall-audio.html

Looks like they have moved on from B&W to Sonus Faber now. Dunno what's the next victim... Focal Utopia?

arremie wrote:Jokes apart....Simon has a setup of Be One stuff. I have to admit it sounded pretty amazing. At least to my ear.

You must have been impressed by their "than rhyme sound".

I did have a listen to their B&W 805 clone before. I had a B&W 805 for a number of years and I can seriously say that the clones sounds nothing like the original. And the thing is, these clones aren't dirt cheap either.

catal2002 wrote:
Company information looks respectable with years of experaince

You mean you actually understood their write-up??!!

hi,

You can look at the chinese write-up.



KLau
www.h1f1.blogspot.com

hifikrazy wrote:

catal2002 wrote:
Company information looks respectable with years of experaince

You mean you actually understood their write-up??!!

hi,

AHHHH!!! B&w is safe.


KLau

hifikrazy wrote:

arremie wrote:Jokes apart....Simon has a setup of Be One stuff. I have to admit it sounded pretty amazing. At least to my ear.

You must have been impressed by their "than rhyme sound".

I did have a listen to their B&W 805 clone before. I had a B&W 805 for a number of years and I can seriously say that the clones sounds nothing like the original. And the thing is, these clones aren't dirt cheap either.

B&W is safe, but not sure about Aerial Acoustics.

Their top of the range speaker...
http://www.beone-audio.com/Loudspeaker/ywzx/20070907/174742.shtml
...looks like this...
http://stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/aerial_acoustics_20t_v2_loudspeaker/

even when hifi goodies were MIT they dont go & copy cat like MIC

hi,

lucky they don't use the ribbon tweeter if not might look exactly the same.


KLau
www.h1f1.blogspot.com

hifikrazy wrote:B&W is safe, but not sure about Aerial Acoustics.

Their top of the range speaker...
http://www.beone-audio.com/Loudspeaker/ywzx/20070907/174742.shtml
...looks like this...
http://stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/aerial_acoustics_20t_v2_loudspeaker/

I guess the ribbon tweeter they could not source from Jalan Pasar (or the China equivalent of Jalan Pasar).

They have easy access to make very beautiful speaker cabinet.Everywhere in china DIY speaker look very nice and mostly is piano finish.


KLau
www.h1f1.blogspot.com

azri wrote:even when hifi goodies were MIT they dont go & copy cat like MIC

Hi,

I don't think so, maybe they are not sourcing. i saw their factory is very big.Maybe all driver is made in house.
You can easily source ribbon tweeter in china


KLau
www.h1f1.blogspot.com

hifikrazy wrote:I guess the ribbon tweeter they could not source from Jalan Pasar (or the China equivalent of Jalan Pasar).

I agree... China workmanship is pretty impressive and they can do it relatively cheaply, but as you rightly say, why must they blatantly create such shameless copies?

Like this...
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/23/rolls-royce-considering-trademark-suit-against-geely-ge/

hifikrazy wrote:

arremie wrote:Jokes apart....Simon has a setup of Be One stuff. I have to admit it sounded pretty amazing. At least to my ear.

You must have been impressed by their "than rhyme sound".

I did have a listen to their B&W 805 clone before. I had a B&W 805 for a number of years and I can seriously say that the clones sounds nothing like the original. And the thing is, these clones aren't dirt cheap either.

haha I'm not comparing the clone and ori B&W. What I was saying is the setup consists of BOA CDP and integrated amp with a big a$$ speaker (not BOA though) and they sounded really good together.

Tiba tiba Audio Synthesis tukar Simon Audio. Is he trying to "Clone" his own shop?

Can he clone Malaysian Ringgit? or better still USD. Then we can buy the real stuff instead of the fakes.

123_rocketman wrote:Tiba tiba Audio Synthesis tukar Simon Audio. Is he trying to "Clone" his own shop?

Same kedai one ar?
I saw the shop's name in The Star and never came across that name before.
Now, I know which shop already.

He changed the name to Simon Audio? Wah very lansi one. I was there last week but didn't notice

I can't understand why anybody would want to buy a B&W/Sonus Faber/Aerial Acoustics wannabe. I would feel rather malu lah, especially when I have to correct whoever mistakenly identifies the speaker for something else.

For the same price, I would rather just go for any other speaker that is not suffering from an identity crisis.

hifikrazy wrote:I can't understand why anybody would want to buy a B&W/Sonus Faber/Aerial Acoustics wannabe. I would feel rather malu lah, especially when I have to correct whoever mistakenly identifies the speaker for something else.

For the same price, I would rather just go for any other speaker that is not suffering from an identity crisis.

Can't agree more especially the price is high! A pair of "B One" floorstander was quoted to me at RM 25,000!

Might as well buy three pairs of Harbeth SHL 5.

Anyway, like they say, there is a sucker born everyday.

arremie wrote:He changed the name to Simon Audio? Wah very lansi one. I was there last week but didn't notice

He is already lansi before the name change. Now probably more LANSI!

Simon Audio, Be One and Only......

123_rocketman wrote:

arremie wrote:He changed the name to Simon Audio? Wah very lansi one. I was there last week but didn't notice

He is already lansi before the name change. Now probably more LANSI!

Simon Audio, Be One and Only......

Ssshhhh.... don't say so loud. He does come in here to post items for sale. Hopefully he does not venture into the Discussion area.

hifikrazy wrote:

123_rocketman wrote:

arremie wrote:He changed the name to Simon Audio? Wah very lansi one. I was there last week but didn't notice

He is already lansi before the name change. Now probably more LANSI!

Simon Audio, Be One and Only......

Ssshhhh.... don't say so loud. He does come in here to post items for sale. Hopefully he does not venture into the Discussion area.

No need to tone down lah. Some of us already said it loud and clear. Even he is not in the Discussion Forum, I am sure he has spies to inform him what transpires in the discussions, especially the bad news about him.

Don't forget, some actually idolise him especially those who bought the cloned equipment at half the original equipment price. I wont be surprised if a sucker actually pays RM 25,000 for the Be One floorstander and stiil thinks that it is a bargain.

Geez, RM25k opens up so many other more palatable options.

errr... IIRC, I think I saw McIntosh lookalikes in its huge window. That also 'Be One'?

htkaki wrote:errr... IIRC, I think I saw McIntosh lookalikes in its huge window. That also 'Be One'?

Yes!

Few weeks earlier, I saw man bought the rm25k speaker, by just listen to it less than 5 min. I was so so shock!! The system he bought was RM45k ???

There really are such suckers in this world!

Unless he was planted there by Simon to urge you to part with RM45k as well in case you "lose out" on the deal of the century.

noodle88 wrote:Few weeks earlier, I saw man bought the rm25k speaker, by just listen to it less than 5 min. I was so so shock!! The system he bought was RM45k ???

no wonder he can afford new name, new signboard, new business card, new letterhead, new receipt, etc etc

Wow.... a name change......Feng Shui or other compelling reasons..... $imon = $$$$

Small stuff possible to buy but not RM45K for a clone. As some have quoted, other pallatable options are available.

But you got to hand it to him for making the effort to be succesfull in the area he has ventured and doing a well.

cheers

123_rocketman wrote:

arremie wrote:He changed the name to Simon Audio? Wah very lansi one. I was there last week but didn't notice

He is already lansi before the name change. Now probably more LANSI!

Simon Audio, Be One and Only......

Wow... I thought the 'Clone' speakers on display are between RM2.5K to RM5K, the decimal points just shifted to the right. Was at his shop a couple of months ago. Not sure about him being lansi, for a hifi business person he was surely very suave and friendly . Almost bought a 300B amp (can't recall the model, just the tube). that's why I suppose managed to get someone to buy the RM25K stuff. If I recall correctly, even had his young daughter with him at his booth during the 09' KLAV Show.. friendly family man