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2006-07-04 by Nathan Durham

Paul Schreiber:< I am NOT going to redesign existing modules into SMT. 
The modules that will remain for sale of the existing line will remain 
through-hole. I will continue to offer the remaining assembled MOTM 
modules exactly like they are today.>

I don't want to stir up anything, and I know that you have to do 
whatever it takes to keep MOTM going (which I greatly appreciate,) but 
I'd like to throw out an idea.

Those of us who are buying kits seem to have leveled off. In my case, 
that's because of financial issues, not intention. I've been holding at 
16 MOTM modules for a while, but as soon as I get on my feet in my new 
career, I intend to double that.

By now I think that a lot of us kit folks have tried some of the DIY 
projects out there, from Oakley or the Stooges or wherever, and I 
already have boxes full of resistors, caps, jacks, knobs, and wire. My 
question concerns only the old board designs that you intend to keep 
producing: If the boards are going to remain the same, would it be 
possible to provide a DIY kit, with just a PCB, panel, and bracket, and 
maybe a couple of specialty parts, such as tempco resistors? This would 
practically eliminate the problems of kitting up and sorting out all 
those small parts, and would make it much more possible for me to buy 
the four more oscillators I want to add to my system, along with the 
rest of the current filters.

nathan durham

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