[sdiy][OT] Announcing Electro Acoustic Research

[Oakley Sound]

> I can't help wondering how much of our now unavailable devices have 
> been stockpiled for use in these modules...

No boards have been sold to the EAR group. They will have to make all the 
boards themselves.

There has been quite of stockpiling though, but not from them. I managed 
to get around six months of orders on two weeks following my announcement 
to close the modular sales. We had to re-run several boards again to 
satisfy demand.

But that is probably it from me. I probably won't be doing much more 
modular stuff on my own now. I say 'probably' for you should never say 
never. But my next project will be to revitalise the Orbital, but I'm 
going to do that for fun not profit. Profit can get in the way of fun.

> 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?

I don't think this is so bad. If you bought ready made units from me then 
I only did them in Oakley format. The ready made market is bigger than 
the kit market, the margins are higher and there is more scope for 
publicity. If EAR want to make money, they are probably better sticking 
to the ready made market.

And as Ian says this isn't rocket science, there are now lots of 
wonderful PCB based designs out there for you to chose from. This isn't 
video killing radio stars... the synth-DIY area has never offered so much 
choice.

Tony