MN3005 genuine or not?

LaceSensor · Post by **LaceSensor** » 03 Aug 2011, 16:53

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Panasonic-MN3 ... 256238f4d1

What are the odds these are real?
The one in the pic looks ok, unsanded etc.
Chances any others are kosher?!

madbean · Post by **madbean** » 03 Aug 2011, 17:10

It's impossible to tell, but short leg length would indicate a fake. The legs on the MN3005 are just a hair longer than some other ICs, IIRC. It at least looks like some kind of MN variety, but who knows which one it actually is.

Scruffie · Post by **Scruffie** » 03 Aug 2011, 17:24

As bean said, no way to know, could be 3008s rebranded, might not even get chips like the ones in the picture (it's a good idea to as to see the chips you'll receive before you purchase).

Nearly £15 per chip with postage... probably not worth the risk.

osa · Post by **osa** » 03 Aug 2011, 18:54

Crapshoot at best. Doesn't look sanded/blacktopped, markings appear legit, it does say used (legs could have been shortened in the pulling/cleanup process), one buyer left a + (but did he really test it?). That's the good.
The bad. 2 words. Hong Kong. On reputation alone I wouldn't bother. Not all HK sellers are bad, but their rep is well documented.
Get Sm.Bear's "mis-marked" 3005 fakes. Same amount of delay for cheaper AND a seller with an excellent reputation.

armdnrdy · Post by **armdnrdy** » 30 Aug 2011, 05:53

I've bought a MN3005 from this seller a few months back. I emailed him ahead of time and told him that I was well aware of the counterfeit MN3005's that were running around. I wanted him to assure me that these were the real deal. He replied that they were. They are "pulls" salvaged from karaoke machines. The reason I showed interest in this seller, is that he had a group picture showing quite a few 3005's with different serial numbers.

When I received the chip in the post, I slapped it in my AD-80 build and I got the proper 300 ms delay. So, I had no problem with this seller. I hope this helps.

Larry

LaceSensor · Post by **LaceSensor** » 30 Aug 2011, 12:38

armdnrdy wrote:I've bought a MN3005 from this seller a few months back. I emailed him ahead of time and told him that I was well aware of the counterfeit MN3005's that were running around. I wanted him to assure me that these were the real deal. He replied that they were. They are "pulls" salvaged from karaoke machines. The reason I showed interest in this seller, is that he had a group picture showing quite a few 3005's with different serial numbers.

When I received the chip in the post, I slapped it in my AD-80 build and I got the proper 300 ms delay. So, I had no problem with this seller. I hope this helps.

Larry

sounds good. Im going to get one.

jbgron · Post by **jbgron** » 30 Aug 2011, 21:51

Good enough for me. I just bought one too.

r4ndy · Post by **r4ndy** » 13 Nov 2011, 20:20

In for one as well - thx for the heads up. Looks like my DM3 is going to eBay soon

Seiche · Post by **Seiche** » 15 Nov 2011, 22:24

so any indication on whether they are real or not?

jbgron · Post by **jbgron** » 15 Nov 2011, 23:25

Definitely real. I bought one to test and it was good so I bought another 5, probably should have bought more.

LaceSensor · Post by **LaceSensor** » 26 Nov 2011, 17:46

I can verify this now too, just built up my FSB v1 board Auqa Puss and it sounds lovely.
Need to tweek the feedback resistor to get some runaway repeats, but I socketed it.

Otherwise, Im hearing the same kinda delay time as an original (based on youtube) with the clock trim around 12pm.

Thanks

jt · Post by jt » 28 Nov 2011, 22:33

I got one too from this seller.Tried it today in my AP clone and got the proper delay time.

gitaar0 · Post by **gitaar0** » 16 Dec 2011, 17:01

Hi,

I bought two mn3005's of the same seller.
They arrived today. 1 is good the other is not working at all.

The sellers account was already removed by Ebay when I wanted to get in contact with him today.

Any of you know about this.

Thanks

Dirk_Hendrik · Post by **Dirk_Hendrik** » 16 Dec 2011, 17:26

name the seller (removed or not)
Post pics of the chips (both good and bad one)

jbgron · Post by **jbgron** » 16 Dec 2011, 18:28

The seller is paul_freejazz. I bought another 3 on Tuesday, got the email saying he posted them and now he's gone from eBay. Fingers crossed I get my ICs, I've bought 6 from him in the past and they were all genuine.

Hides-His-Eyes · Post by **Hides-His-Eyes** » 16 Dec 2011, 18:46

If he's closed his ebay account getting a paypal refund should be trivial.

mysticwhiskey · Post by **mysticwhiskey** » 16 Dec 2011, 23:30

gitaar0 wrote:Hi,

I bought two mn3005's of the same seller.
They arrived today. 1 is good the other is not working at all.

The sellers account was already removed by Ebay when I wanted to get in contact with him today.

Any of you know about this.

Thanks

Same with me - I bought 8 in total, and one is bad, the rest are fine though. When I finally got around to testing them, I found his account was closed. How does one go about making a claim? Do you think Paypal would even do anything about it?

the3secondrule · Post by **the3secondrule** » 16 Dec 2011, 23:35

mysticwhiskey wrote:Same with me - I bought 8 in total, and one is bad, the rest are fine though. When I finally got around to testing them, I found his account was closed. How does one go about making a claim? Do you think Paypal would even do anything about it?

Seller is still replying to emails at : paulfreejazz(at)gmail.com - worth a shot...

mysticwhiskey · Post by **mysticwhiskey** » 16 Dec 2011, 23:42

Thanks, I've emailed him so we'll see how it goes.

Hides-His-Eyes · Post by **Hides-His-Eyes** » 17 Dec 2011, 12:10

mysticwhiskey wrote: Do you think Paypal would even do anything about it?

Yes. They side with buyers over almost anything, to an absolute fault.