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Re: [motm] Re: Electro-mechanical parts pricing

2008-09-05 by Andre Majorel

On 2008-09-03 22:12 -0000, Ivan wrote:
> --- In motm@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Schreiber" <synth1@...> wrote:
> > 
> > Switchcraft is no better, the jacks are slowly creeping
> > towards the $2ea mark and at some point the Chinese knockoffs
> > at 38 CENTs each are going to look awful good.
> 
> Please be careful on that one.  When I was with Mackie it became
> very clear that Chinese 1/4" jacks vary greatly in terms of base
> metal and plating.  We had MASSIVE problems due to poor quality
> Chinese jacks that only showed their problems months or years
> later.  What a nightmare; it ended up killing two products and
> costing Mackie a few million dollars.

What about Lih Sheng Precision's LJ-0695 through LJ-0698 ? Do you
have experience with those ?

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