Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Come on....I'm comparig MARKET price of the gear...I personally do 
not give a damn about each company's balance sheets and costs....and 
on to of that who is able to tell me that Dave might follow the 
other companies into bankrupcy? I think after he developed the 
Prophet VS the company had some problems isn't it? So regardless for 
the company's financial situation what I see today is a new born 
poly synth with (I do believe what other say here) a punchy and 
beautiful sound with a price which I do not think will boost teh 
sales because half of it includes development costs. I work in real 
estate development and, believe me, development cost are spread all 
over the product you make, not only on the first 30% of purchasers! 
All copmanied that went bankrupcy did the same Dave is doing: high 
price in the beginning....reaching of the break even point and 
then.....????? lack of support and evetually no more sales unless a 
new synth is released....I think it would me much better spread the 
development cost on a wider time-basis...therefore the price would 
be reduced (thus Dave's profit) but the company might benefit from 
bigger sales....then bigger sales equial to lower cost of priduction 
due to the larger volume of raw material acquired...and do forth...
Well I'm not an economist but what I see is always the same story: 
new synth....fucking high price!!! Come on....1400$ is too much!
Bye 


--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "ski_ex5tech" <ztja05@o...> 
wrote:
> Let's put opinions and flames aside for a moment, and calmly 
review a 
> few facts...
> 
> 1) It costs a lot more to build an analog machine than it does to 
> build a comparable digital machine.  Believe it or not, this 
> statement holds true even if you like the sound and/or features of 
a 
> given digital machine better than a given analog machine.
> 
> Conclusion - If you like the sound and/or features of a given 
digital 
> machine better than a given analog machine, just go buy the 
digital 
> machine.  You'll feel much better, and save a lot of time.
> 
> 
> 2) Buying a used instrument, whether it's analog or digital, will 
in 
> most cases cost less than buying a comparable new instrument.  Of 
> course, this doesn't always hold true for certain rare and sought 
> after classic synths.
> 
> Conclusion - Don't expect the manufacturer of a new instrument to 
> price the gear to be competitive with used sales.  If you find a 
> great used instrument that you like, for a price you like, buy it.
> 
> 
> 3) Buying a "new" instrument from a bankrupt manufacturer, whether 
> it's analog or digital, will always cost less than buying a 
> comparable new instrument from a non-bankrupt manufacturer.
> 
> Conclusion - Much the same conclusion as the previous item.  If 
you 
> find a great instrument that you like, for a price you like, and 
> you're not worried about support issues from the bankrupt 
> manufacturer, buy it.
> 
> 
> 4) The "economies of scale" are not nearly as great for analog 
> machines as for digital machines.
> 
> Conclusion - Digital machine #1, with twice the features/power of 
> digital machine #2, will usually cost significantly less than 
twice 
> the price of digital machine #2.  The same can't be expected of 
> analog machines.  Having twice the analog features/power will 
usually 
> cost nearly twice as much.
> 
> - - - - -
> 
> The simple act of complaining that an "all analog" or "mostly 
analog" 
> machine should cost the same as a comparable digital machine, or a 
> comparable analog machine from a bankrupt manufacturer, doesn't 
> change the economics of the situation for the manufacturer of 
an "all 
> analog" or "mostly analog" machine.
> 
> I've honestly looked around, and have yet to find a better bargain 
> for a new analog synth (from a non-bankrupt manufacturer) with the 
> feature set of the Evolver.  I'm sure I may have missed one or 
two, 
> though, so if you know of one, please let us know!  :)
> 
> 
> Regarding the *sound* of the Evolver versus other synths... well, 
> that takes us squarely back into "Subjective Land"!  Everyone has 
> their own likes and dislikes, and there's no right or wrong.  I 
> highly recommend buying something that has a sound you like.  :)
> 
> 
> Ski
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