Electronics in new analogs!

[David Halliday (Volt Computer)]

But it is not just one companies profit - it is the whole food-chain of
profit that causes the problem.

In order to bring a synth to market, you need to develop it.  This
requires engineers, PC Circuit board layout and fab lines.

Then you have to tell people about it.  This requires advertising
people, designers, photographers, free samples to reviewers, payment to
"celebrities" to endorse it.

Then you have to get peoples mits on the thing.  This requires promotion
to retail stores ( who will not touch it unless they get *their* 40% off
the top )

Then the retail stores have to pay their sales people, the rent and
electricity and taxes.  


It all adds up...

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Paul Anderson [SMTP:paul at geeky1.ebtech.net]
> Sent:	Thursday, September 18, 1997 3:03 PM
> To:	Erik Schuijers
> Cc:	synth-diy at horus.sara.nl
> Subject:	Re: Electronics in new analogs!
> 
> On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Erik Schuijers wrote:
> 
> > 
> > OK, so my question is: what's the difference (apart from the
> production
> > costs)? Is it in electronics? New techniques or something? Or is it
> just
> > that a big demand automatically leads to a big price?
> > 
> It goes to profit.  Remember, the cost to make it is a lot less then
> you'd
> pay to build yer own.  It prolly costs them less then half your
> estimate
> to produce one synth.  TTYL!
> 
> 
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