[sdiy] Weird hobby of the week: Chip-collecting!

[Senso]

Believe me Scott, I've watched some of these prices with 
astonishment, dismay, and a healthy portion of disgust.
What's frustrating me the most is knowing that I could do better, at 
least for some of those BBD's.
Now I know the stuff is "out there". My - well documented - contacts 
go back up to 25 years and over the last months I found literally 
100's of IC's and other parts that some (me included) would kill for; 
or at least the people that aren't as lucky as you and don't have a 
first-born to trade. :-)
Unfortunately, supplying obsolete parts for obsolete synths is not 
what one could call a commercial enterprise; more an obsessive 
objective for an obstinate synth junk. Unless I would start charging 
60 quid per hit. :-p
So unless there's enough demand for this old crap to have someone 
filling and shipping boxes all day, capital for the usual "minimums", 
or re-manufacture, will be just a sugar-sweet dream. Often I wish I 
had a relative with manufacturing capabilities in Taiwan or Shanghai, 
like someone else we know. :-)
Still, I would love to offer better-priced BBD's. But since I'm still 
waiting for some TDA's and SSM's to arrive (and this ex-technician 
with the CEM's in his drawer is still waiting to hear from me), the 
BBD's will have to take a back seat for at least a few weeks.
In the meantime, feel free to send me your list with most-wanted. 
That will move them a notch higher on the priority list. ;-)

Senso

>Well, Senso, maybe you could work a deal with 4 Star and procure some for a
>more realistic price - I'd buy'em from you.  I have a feeling there is a
>legion of stompboxers out there on all sides of the pond that probably
>would, too (note: business acumen of this poster should be held suspect).
>
>60 quid for an MN3005 is particularly bad.  I could *almost* understand the
>3011, seeing how it probably is a much rarer chip, but the MN3005?  Wouldn't
>that be close to half the cost of a Blacet Time Machine?
>
>Cheers,
>Scott


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