<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 19, 2025, at 7:12 PM, Ben Bradley via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">You really do have to "learn<br class="">the marketplace" and hope to find threads discussing the part of<br class="">interest, like this:<br class=""><a href="https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/dont-buy-any-kit-with-xr2206-wfg/" class="">https://www.eevblog.com/forum/dodgy-technology/dont-buy-any-kit-with-xr2206-wfg/</a><br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><div>I bought one shortly after reading that for <$3. It's useless for anything other than goofing around. If you know a beginner who needs to practice soldering get one. I does more than blink some lights. It's also amusing to see how poor it is on a scope. </div><div><br class=""></div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">I see "new Shure" SM-57<br class="">microphones on ebay for under $40, and I don't believe those are<br class="">authentic.</div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>But the Duracell batteries are genuine, aren't they? 8D</div><div><br class=""></div><br class=""><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Terry Bowman, KA4HJH<br class="">"The Mac Doctor"<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://www.astarcloseup.com" class="">https://www.astarcloseup.com</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class="">"There is no Main Street anymore except at Disneyland—and try and buy a gun there"—Hank Hill<br class=""></div>
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