<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">HI Paula, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">thanks for your mail, I really appreciate what you say. It’s wise not to take word of mouth (or worse the internet) and confuse it with the truth.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am very biased against Behringer, so I tend not to look to hard for facts in their favour. But of course it’s true what you say about the media.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Today I came across a new article on cdm.link about how Behringer is now suing people and companies for libel, Dave Smith inc and an employee among them. Also copy cat allegations by Roland and Korg (do I remember this one right?). so something is certainly brewing and it’s nothing that makes Behringer look any less awful to me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In principle I agree with you. With Behringer, I have a hard time following that principle..;)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kai</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 18. Jun 2018, at 10:57, <a href="mailto:paula@synth.net" class="">paula@synth.net</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" class=""><div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><p class="">I think that's a bit harsh Kai.</p><p class="">He does say they paid the guys medical bills (remind me of a SINGLE US company that has EVER done that?)<br class="">He also comes across as open and honest, he even states he doesn't know the full depth of the media thing because he doesn't speak chinese, but will investigate. two points you neglected to mention in your summary.<br class="">You also said "<span class="">Chinese people are not intelligent" which is NOT what he said, Remember the line from Men In Black?<br class=""></span>"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it. Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat"</p><p class="">And I would agree with that, people, in large groups panic.</p><p class=""><br class="">Now I'm not siding with him, but we only hear what the papers have said.<br class="">And trust me on this (as someone who is part of a minority group that is attacked every single day by the british media), the papers rarely tell the truth, because the truth does not sell papers, what sells papers is half truths, and sensationalism.</p><p class="">So, maybe for a change we should wait until we have the FULL story before judging someone?</p><p class="">Paula</p><p class=""><br class=""></p>
<div class=""> </div><p class=""><br class=""></p><p class="">On 2018-06-15 19:55, K9 Kai Niggemann wrote:</p>
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<div class="">Uli Behringer replied on Facebook. Or rather issued a statement, since little is an actual retort on the allegations. </div>
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<div class="">Essentially he says:</div>
<div class="">- fake news by the evil media </div>
<div class="">- Chinese people are not intelligent</div>
<div class="">- our Chinese factory was certified by Chinese standards</div>
<div class="">- everyone is invited to China to check on Uli's factory. </div>
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<div class=""><br class="">On 15. Jun 2018, at 17:11, Jay Vaughan <<a href="mailto:ibisum@gmail.com" class="">ibisum@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div>
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<div class="">Yeah, pretty crap. I was playing with a Deep Mind this afternoon, and it sounds really good. Too bad its made by slaves.
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<div class="">On 15.06.2018, at 14:54, <a href="mailto:paula@synth.net" class="">paula@synth.net</a> wrote:</div>
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<div style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class=""><p class="">As someone on that thread posted, everything "consumer" comes at a price.</p><p class="">You want it cheap, it's going to cost somewhere and usually at the expense of humanity.</p>
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<div class="">Workers at a Behringer factory are on strike against abysmal work conditions. The $400 model D comes at a moral price. </div>
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