[sdiy][OT] Announcing Electro Acoustic Research

[James Patchell]

That doesn't seem to be telling me anything....at least...not what we want 
to hear... :-)


At 06:41 PM 7/30/2005 -0700, Steve R wrote:
>Kevin and Everyone,
>
>On Jul 30, 2005, at 2:49 PM, Kevin Haywood wrote:
>
>>why not *at least* offer pre-populated boards, so that people using 
>>different formats don't have to waste money *and* throw away perfectly 
>>good parts and panels to use the modules in their systems??  i think this 
>>is even more annoying in the case of the proposed oakley modules; i've 
>>been buying tony's boards for years, and now you're telling me that i can 
>>*only* buy them from you, and *only* in one of two assembled formats?
>>
>>separately, i think the term "exclusive" implies not just that you're the 
>>only one offering a particular design, but that you're the only one 
>>*allowed* to offer it.
>
>EAR is currently not selling kits because our exclusive licensing 
>agreement with Oakley Sound is specifically for selling complete modules.
>
>EAR chose to license and produce Oakley Sound modules because they're 
>solid products from Tony Allgood - a reputable designer.
>We were already setting up assembly ops for multiple lines when we read 
>the June 16th announcement that Oakley Sound was discontinuing production.
>Like many on this board, we're musicians that didn't want to see Oakley 
>Sound completely vanish and we wanted to keep Tony's designs available.
>
>All of the Oakley Sound product sold by EAR will be new production, using 
>all new parts from the PCB's to the faceplates to the knobs.
>
>---------------
>"already bent"
>
>steve rightnour
>sales / support
>electro acoustic research
>LA California USA Earth
>323 988 9677

         -Jim
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