Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Whomever you buy it from service would probably still
be through dsi. Might as well just buy it straight
from them.
--- DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com <miles@...> wrote:
> I got my summer bonus and wanna buy a PEK ... but of
course the Japanese
> distributor has done the usual thing and jacked up
the price horribly --
> the average "street price" seems to be about $3000.
> 
> I've found at least one place on the net
(www.soundhouse.co.jp) that
> advertises has a lower than usual price (though
still more than the
> U.S. list price!), located out by Narita, but local
store owner says
> he's heard they do their own importing, and "there
could be problems"
> with service.  [But of course he would say that...]
> 
> However despite the risks, I'm rather chafing under
the Japanese prices
> (I _know_ I like the Evolver's sound, and have had
great support from
> DSI for my mono-evolver), and honestly feel like
saying "fuck you" to
> the bloated Japanese distributor.
> 
> It's not like the high markup is really _necessary_
-- Alesis changed
> Japanese distributors a while ago, and the new
distributor dropped
> prices dramatically -- and furthermore gave much
better support!!
> The A6 went from "so expensive it's a joke" to being
a rather nice deal.
> 
> [I wish DSI could switch to the new Alesis
distributor!]
> 
> 
> Anyway, if anyone is still reading this far, I'm
curious:
> 
>   1) What are people's experiences with the PEK, as
far as robustness is
>      concerned?  Is it a tank like the mono evolver?
 Any problems?
> 
>   2) Is there anyone that has any experience with
this store
>      (www.soundhouse.co.jp)?  My instincts for
detecting shady outfits
>      don't work so well here.
> 
>   3) Anyone know of any other Japanese retailers
with
>      better-than-average prices?  The normal
high-street stores always
>      effectively have _exactly_ the same prices as
each other on
>      imported gear, and are loathe to discount even
a little.
> 
>   4) What's DSI's attitude towards imported gear? 
In the old days
>      everything was direct mail order anyway, so it
didn't matter, but
>      now days they seem to have a more normal retail
thing going...
> 
>      Some U.S. retailers have said they're happy to
send overseas, but
>      I'd like to know the worst-case scenario if my
PEK's insides melt 3
>      days after delivery or something.
> 
> 
> -Miles
> -- 
> Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.


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