Re: Gibson jacks up Echoplex price (development costs)

[Jesse Ray Lucas <jlucas@neoprimitive.net>]

I know a millionaire who is a patron of the arts. 

Just for shits and giggles, let's speculate how much money would it cost 
to fund the development of a new EDP hardware platform.

Parameters:  Let's say it remains a single rack space device with LoopIV 
functionality, but becomes stereo in and stereo out, since I think that 
is the #1 woulda been coulda been for the Echoplex.  Beyond that, just 
update all the components inside to parts that are still being produced 
today. 

Any guesses?  $500,000?  $1,000,000?  $2,000,000?

-J






Andy wrote:

>Yes, check the LD archive for much discussion on new hardware.
>It can all be summed in: 'if someone wants to fund it, we'll build it'
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Alan Kroeger [mailto:nospam@akroeger.com] 
>Sent: 21 September 2004 20:17
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: RE: Gibson jacks up Echoplex price
>
>Sounds like the EDP needs a new hardware platform I love the programming
>underlying the EDP but, time is marching on for the hardware.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andy [mailto:andy.ewen@btinternet.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 2:56 PM
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: RE: Gibson jacks up Echoplex price
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>I have no idea why Gibson has made this price increase and I will look
>into
>it. We are selling EDPs to them for the same price agreed nearly 2 years
>ago. No EDPs have been made for over a year due to the lack of payment
>to us
>from Gibson but a deal has been struck, (i.e. you pay up, we send EDPs),
>and
>the remainder of our stock is now moving. 
>
>For any future production however, it's not about the technology getting
>cheaper; the technology used in the EDP is from the 90s and the parts
>are
>all going up in value. Many parts are not manufactured anymore but there
>is
>plenty of 'new old stock' which unscrupulous distributors make us pay
>through the nose for; $20 for the Crystal CODEC is a good example! As
>for
>memory, it hasn't been manufactured for years and is impossible to find
>in
>production quantities. I had the last 4MB SIMMs especially manufactured
>in
>the US and we bought 2500 pieces to get a price of $3 each. That's $12 a
>set
>at prime.
>None of this should have a bearing on any current stock though for the
>reasons mentioned previously.
>
>I couldn't possibly comment on any other reason why they might want more
>of
>everyone's hard-earned cash but those who know of the guy in charge can
>draw
>their own conclusions :)
>
>Andy Ewen,
>EDP Production Manager.
>(It's lucky that's not my only job or I'd have starved a long time ago)
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian [mailto:Brian@porterresearch.com]
>Sent: 21 September 2004 19:48
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Gibson jacks up Echoplex price
>
>I was just about to get an Echoplex but then Gibson jacks up the price
>$150
>in a period of two months!!  This technology is getting cheaper, how
>could
>this happen?  Has anyone else noticed this outrage?  
>
>I've been a loyal Gibson customer for years, but this may very well
>change
>that.  If they updated the memory again, I could understand, but no,
>they
>are still using memory that can be purchased for a couple of dollars.  
>
>Anyone know where to get a new echoplex for a decent price?  
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