[sdiy] The extreme low cost of audio gear

[Rude 66]

nah.. this is only a temporary problem. in these so called 'low wage
countries' the wages go up as soon as things are going well.
if there's no way you can compete as a country with cheap labour from
something like, say, china, you'll have to do something else. specialize.

i do second the quality issue, though.. it's one of my main problems with
mixers like behringers etc. you know where else you really see that? sound
cards. i'm testing a new firewire card here, and the 1st thing i noticed
were the in and outs were not tied to the box with a nut, but are only
soldered on the board for support. and it's not the only one.

it's one of the reasons i love older gear. the build quality is often
fenomenal compared to today..

r./





----- Original Message -----
From: "Czech Martin" <Martin.Czech at Micronas.com>
To: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>; "karl dalen" <dalenkarl at yahoo.se>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] The extreme low cost of audio gear


> >Most likely, alas... putting more people in Europe and the U.S. out of
> >work, and making our countries more dependent on so-called developing
> >countries---talk about threats to national security!
>
> I second that. Almost slave work is going to eat the "low brain activity"
> jobs away ibn the west.
>
> But it will not stop there. My visit to the semiconductor manufacturing
> sites in Taiwan and Korea was a most frigthening experience, the
technology gap
> is almost closed!
>
> And by numbers they are by far the best sellers on the world wide market
today.
> No good news if you have children.
>
> m.c.
>