[sdiy] SSM chip reissue

[Jay Schwichtenberg]

You need to look up Behringer's history. They lost lawsuits for coping Aphex (sp?) and Mackie equipment.

Jay S.

> On April 24, 2017 at 11:49 AM David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> > I'll guess that some people/companies may opt to avoid buying 
> > Vxxxx ones.
> > Considering this I am more than happy that the "real guys" 
> > are back in the game.
> > Gert
> 
> Well, when the "real guys" stop producing the chips, what are you supposed
> to do?  Just stop making and selling all of your designs?  How "ethical" is
> it to stop making a chip that many other companies need for their own
> production?  We've used tens of thousands of V2164 chips, and will continue
> to do so as long as Coolaudio is the only viable producer.
> 
> The thing is, all this crap is made in China, whether it's Coolaudio or
> Diodes Incorporated or Analog Devices.  So, given that, why is it "ethical"
> for AD to charge $7 per chip when Coolaudio can obviously turn a nice profit
> at $2 per chip working in the same labour market?  And why should I be
> expected to pay 3 or 4 times as much for the same product when that product
> is no longer under patent protection (if it ever was)?  This seems to me to
> be taking advantage of ones sense of ethics, which in itself is unethical.
> I've always thought that AD were a bunch of ripoff artists.  Thank goodness
> for companies like Coolaudio and Vishay.  Without them, modular synths would
> be much more expensive.
> 
> At this stage, Coolaudio has earned a certain brand loyalty for this
> product, which they have consistently delivered to a high standard of
> quality at a reasonable price.  These new old guys are going to have to earn
> it, as far as I'm concerned.
> 
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