jp6/jp8

[J.D.McEachin]

At 07:46 AM 4/21/99 PDT, Paul Nugteren van wrote:
>Why was there such a huge price difference bewteen the jp6/jp8? Was 
>it because of difference in qualtiy of the components used? 
>Like you can't compare a juno with a jupiter.

The JP6 listed for $2995, the JP8 for $4995.  8 voices versus 6 would
account for  a 33% higher price - that would bring the price up to $3995.
The JP6 voice boards used more integrated chips, and were thus smaller and
cheaper to manufacture.  And the JP8 used a 14bit DAC (at least the later
ones did).  Plus Roland had several more years of experience in synth
manufacturing by the time they started making the JP6.  All those factors
could easily account for the $1000 difference.

JDM