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My opinion is $30 is a lot of money and I'm in favor of cutting the price wherever that's possible. I'm less likely to buy a module if the price is higher especially if it's one of the pricier 500 series modules. The people who don't care about price can easily buy the assembled module.
And what about the certain eventuality of losing DIP versions of the part? I expect my MOTM to last decades (and hopefully more). If I need a DIP replacement in 10 years, I'm hosed. A good supply of DIPs in the next several years is good for Synthtech but it's not so good for us 10 years down the road when the supply has long dried up.
I vote 0.05 SMD kits.
John Speth
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