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mike maghakian wrote:
if wonder if Eton didn't like the poor construction quality of the 800 and
jumped ship to another manufacturer

Eton is probably like all the other US "import 'em and sell 'em"
consumer electronics "Brand"s. Every product in their line may
be made by a different factory.

And the reverse, every similar unit in a store may be made
by the same factory, despite what company's name is on the box.

One example I know of was the Koss CD/Cassette Boombox I had. The
same unit was available from Radio Shack, RCA, and several other
labels. Lurking in sci.electronics.repair a couple of years ago,
just about everybody's VCR from Sony down to Walmart trash was the
same Funai unit with a bit different packaging.

One check is to look at the FCC ID number that anything that has
a microcomputer in it has to have to show that it was tested for
radio interference. Often the importer won't bother to have their
own check done and will just leave the unit with the factory's
registry number.

Mark Zenier
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