MOTM

a) Mouser is now selling replacement washers for the Switchcraft jacks. Part 
number 502-S10221. I have been trying for *months* to get them to do this, now 
they are. My reason is so the new vertical jacks can use these washers (I hated 
the default washers that were shipped). So now I can proceed with the new 
MOTM-910 mults, and also the VC Pulse Divider.

b) I will be able to ship a LOT of stuff the next 12 days as "real work" lets up 
a bit. What is left of this week is MOTM 2.0 stuff and older orders for rails 
and some power supplies, and getting AH stocked with Frac modules. *ALL* of next 
week is 100% assembled modules. My goal is to ship 40 assembled modules by May 
12th. I will include a few MOTM-650s as well. The next big push is the week of 
May 21st, where I plan to ship all of the remaining MOTM-510, MOTM-300 and 
MOTM-310 kit orders. And the 6 or so kits made up by Indiana. Note that there 
are ~24 "sale" kits left to ship, that I have to make up 1 at a time. It will be 
late July until these ship (lowest priority).

Remember, starting June 1, the focus will *shift* to getting the AudioEngine 
prototype designed, built and tested. There will be 1 week in June when I am 
waiting for pc boards, I will resume shipping. But when the boards come back, I 
have to build/debug. I also want the VC Pulse Divider production test boards to 
be designed/fabbed/debugged by July 10th. I want to be able to accept VC Divider 
orders on Aug. 1st (start saving the $$$). I need to recalculate the cost, will 
have a figure in July. It will be more than $200 but less than $400.

c) The VC Divider will have the newer type of black paint. The current paint has 
become too involved to use going forward (many metal suppliers refuse to even 
quote it). Of course, I will try my best to match the older paint in terms of 
the "look and feel" but there *will be* a difference. I doubt it will be 
noticeable past 2ft away. The white lettering will probably 'stand out' more on 
the new finish.

Paul S.