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<blockquote data-quote="Tim McCulloch" data-source="post: 14622" data-attributes="member: 67">Re: Buying from China ?Hi Andrew-Our shop just got 12 Blizzard RGBWA PAR fixtures, they&#039;re out on a corporate doing &#039;&#039;atmosphere&#039;&#039; tonight.&nbsp; Not sure under what name they might be sold down your way, but so far we&#039;re fairly happy with them.&nbsp; Not a &#039;theatre&#039; quality light, but for everything else it looks promising.A friend of ours bought some bulk LED fixtures from China.&nbsp; To say he&#039;s had an interesting time with them would be... putting a major spin on things.&nbsp; Chinese OEMs seem to have random protocols for what attributes work with one another, how they respond to DMX commands, etc.&nbsp; The build quality isn&#039;t terrible, but many parts seem thin and ding easily.&nbsp; I think plastic LED PARs are the future <img src="http://www.soundforums.net/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />It took our friend many, many hours to get his lights working with the supplied controller, let alone a standard lighting desk.&nbsp; With the Blizzard fixtures, a couple of emails between them and Avo had fixture profiles in our email in about 24 hours.&nbsp; Stunning service from both vendors!See if you can get a sample of whatever you&#039;re really interested in.Have fun, good luck.Tim Mc</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tim McCulloch, post: 14622, member: 67"] Re: Buying from China ? Hi Andrew- Our shop just got 12 Blizzard RGBWA PAR fixtures, they're out on a corporate doing ''atmosphere'' tonight. Not sure under what name they might be sold down your way, but so far we're fairly happy with them. Not a 'theatre' quality light, but for everything else it looks promising. A friend of ours bought some bulk LED fixtures from China. To say he's had an interesting time with them would be... putting a major spin on things. Chinese OEMs seem to have random protocols for what attributes work with one another, how they respond to DMX commands, etc. The build quality isn't terrible, but many parts seem thin and ding easily. I think plastic LED PARs are the future [img]http://www.soundforums.net/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif[/img] It took our friend many, many hours to get his lights working with the supplied controller, let alone a standard lighting desk. With the Blizzard fixtures, a couple of emails between them and Avo had fixture profiles in our email in about 24 hours. Stunning service from both vendors! See if you can get a sample of whatever you're really interested in. Have fun, good luck. Tim Mc [/QUOTE]

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