Further to my previous post, I've now come across this.

Firstly, a quote relevant to the above . . .

"I visited recently with an old friend, a leading British audio writer, who upon seeing the eBay ads and the Divinci website first thought it was someone's idea of a joke -- his take in typical British understated fashion -- The claim that this logo was on half the speakers in Britain is rubbish, the products are so poor that they do not even rise to that level (rubbish), and the purveyors are simply scoundrels."


And for those in Pennsylvania . . .

In Pennsylvania, the act of selling white van speakers is punishable by up to five years in prison and up to a fine of $10,000.


And finally . . .

Another recent technique is to parrot but not mimic, the names of reputable companies. For example, Genesis Media Labs is a white van scam name that trades on the American "Genesis" brand of loudspeakers, while DiVinci trades on the name of the Swiss "DaVinci" company.


For anyone interested, this is what Da Vinci Audio Labs do . . . something to lust after.