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Starting to post to Mp3..regularly use my loopers for "straightforward" music.. Don't worry..there's nothing for sale.. www.mp3.com/Jehn_Cerron Just had to jump back in... hello again.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Flint" <kflint@loopers-delight.com> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2002 6:47 PM Subject: Re: schematic,new looper > > At 10:32 AM 9/22/2002, Mark Sottilaro wrote: > >It isn't?! I can't remember his name, but I got an email from someone >at > >Gibson who was complaining about the problem with getting those simms. > > No, it really isn't a big problem. Gibson has to find a vendor that has a > large stock of them so supply a whole production and is willing to sell > them at the low price they want to pay. There are many to choose from, >the > problem is more in getting the price low enough. But they are available. > And when you look at the prices, using any other type of "new" memory would > actually result in a much higher list price for the EDP. > > > It stuck in my mind because I thought a lot about a time in the future > > when hardware becomes obsolete even though it provides a valid use and > > runs good software. > > It is a very real problem for music products to manage component > obsolescence. The cost to develop a product like this is the same whether > you are going to sell 100 or 1 million. But with niche music products, >the > volumes will be really low compared to practically any other type of > product. This isn't like networking appliances, where the volumes are > relatively low but the exact same type of hardware could be sold for > $5-10k. So the price is pretty low too. The only way to make back the > investment in the development is for the product to last in the market >for > a long time. Many years in fact. It simply is not economically viable to > put out new hardware versions of niche music gear every year like with > consumer PC products. So you really have to be careful about the components > used, and cross your fingers a bit. It is a serious disaster if a part is > used that is too closely tied otherwise to the PC industry. They will >stop > using it within a year, and the manufacturer will likely stop making it. > Then you are screwed. Just the cost to do a minor change in the hardware to > replace such a part can wipe out the profits of the whole product. > > kim > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com > >