Re: Buying an Echoplex and Firstborns

[msottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Has anyone asked the question, "where are these made?"  They're made in 
England, right?  That kind of means a lot when you have to realize how 
much they pay their labour compared to how much it would cost Gibson to 
have it made in Micronesia.  This translates to spending more money at 
the shoppe.

When I think about the relative pricing of other gear it seems to make 
no sense at all.  Now it's quite commonplace to find stand alone HD 
recording setups with built in preamps and effects, the whole bit, for 
US $1000.  To me that *seems* like a much more complex piece of 
equipment that would have to include many similar components that a 
looper would. (ie: memory, DACs, etc.) Also, it seems like more people 
want a multi track hard disk recorder so the demand would be higher, 
right?  Well, the market is larger which in this case translates to 
higher production and competition.  How do they do it?  VOLUME VOLUME 
VOLUME.  The EDP isn't about that.  It's much more of a boutique item, 
with very limited appeal.  If this were not so, the market would be 
full of similar devices and they'd cost about $200-$400.

The reality of it all is that this is all typing.  Worthless 
speculation.   Until enough people start using looping to make music 
that there is a demand for these devices we'll be subjected to low 
choice and high price.  That is the nature of things.

Mark

On Jul 28, 2004, at 7:43 AM, Lance Zechinato wrote:
>
> I just bought a mint Repeater on eBay couple days ago, so you know I'm
> chewing on my greens. ;)  I paid what it was worth to me.  To ME.  And
> that's really the name of the game, right?  If the EDP got super 
> scarce and
> went for $2k, people would buy it.  Because that's what it would be 
> worth to
> THEM.