PLAN B analog blog

All,

There is a possibility that ove the next few months Plan B may be 
switching from usinf Cliff jacks for it's I/O sockets to Switchcraft. 
type.  I'm looking into some spiffy options to dress these up a bit. 
So if we go this route, it'll be...um...spiffy.

The main reason for doing this is cost and availability  The price 
of Cliff Jacks has more than doubled over the last few weeks in 
the US...and the lead time almost tripled. It has been reported to 
me that this increase  is not due to ROHS - its due to the cost of 
copper going through the roof (although other manufacturers 
have not accounted copper as a problem, and they also use 
copper!!!).

I have two options - either raise my product prices to cover this 
rather large increase (you can imagiine how many of these 
things we use) -or-  or switch to an equally if not more reliable 
and cost efficient component without a price increase.  Sort of a 
no brainer if you ask me.

I'll keep you posted on this as it develops.

- P