SC200 Amplifier appears to a direct copy of the Amplifier in Silicon chip magazine January edition (

I have just noticed that the SC200 amplifier in January editions of the EPEMAG magazine looks to be anexact copy of the SC200 amplifier detailed in Silicon chip magazine from Australia (January edition). What is going on here, cant EPEMAGdevelop their own amplifier for the U.K market.

We source almost all projects via Silicon Chip and have done for the past decade.  The old freelance/ bought-in design model became no longer viable for us and, along with staff losses and changes and the 2007 recession,  without this co-operation there would have been no projects to publish for UK hobbyists at all.  The UK has not been immune to such changes, as both the USA and Australian hobbyist markets suffered the same way.

Details of the 50 Year history of EPE can be found via PDF links on our home page at www.epemag.com

My two-part article explains the background to more recent events including our association with Silicon Chip.