Thank you for the clarification Grant. It was mentioned on the list before that the boogie filters limited availability was about parts. Are there any parts in your other modules that are becoming scarce that we should stock up on if we find them ? Back when I had a Prophet 10 and Prophet 5 I bought a couple of Wine Country Survival kits in fear that one day the synths would be unfixable. Thanks Rob On Saturday, October 30, 2004, at 09:56 AM, grantrichter2001 wrote: > > > I do not deliberately limit the number of anything sold. I will make > as many as I can get parts for. > > BUT all analog parts are disappearing on a daily basis. Through > hole parts in general are doubling in price each year. If it is > analog, I would not wait to get it. The CA3080 was just > discontinued by Intersil, and I am forced to make a lifetime buy > soon. > > Analog parts are less profitable to manufacture than digital, so > there is an incentive for parts manufacturers to make them > disappear. > > It is because analog works at higher voltages than digital. The > silicon dies have to be larger because of the higher voltages, so > it takes more silicon to make analog parts than digital. > > > > > <image.tiff> > > <image.tiff> > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > • To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wiardgroup/ > > • To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > wiardgroup-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > • Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. >
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Re: [wiardgroup] Re: Wiard "FAQs"
2004-10-30 by Rob Hoffman
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