[sdiy] SSM chip reissue

[James R. Coplin]

This. Exactly. The CEM reissues by Behringer for me fall into this exact 
same category. Curtis refused to reissue these when there was obvious 
demand, instead making me have to spend upwards of $100 on the after 
market for vintage chips. Behringer comes along and does it at an 
incredibly reasonable price point and now Curtis wants to whine and cry 
about their legacy etc. If they cared about their legacy they would have 
done a small chip run long ago. They made a business decision not to. 
Them crying foul now is absurd, they can choke for all I care. I'll make 
lifetime buys from Behringer on the reissues even if Curtis does start 
remaking them.

James R. Coplin

David G Dixon 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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