Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I've never been a fan of wall warts, but, they do
reduce the cost of manufacture. Housings may be
inadequate, UL approval is a big issue, product
liability. I think the expense would quite exceed the
raw parts cost.
--- kmcdonaldk <kmmcdonald@...> wrote:

> I do not curently own an evolver, but I am
> considering buying one if 
> I can ever hear one in Phoenix. (Guitar Center, who
> is unfortunteley 
> their dealer here, does not have one on display.)
> So, take my 
> curmudgeonly opinion with a grain of salt.
> 
> No instrument which uses a wall wart can be
> considered considered 
> well-bulit, in my opinion, or at least hardly road
> worthy. The unit 
> itself may be very well built, but wall warts are
> cheap commodity 
> items which typically employ no strain relief (or,
> if it does, it 
> will most likely be a flimsy plastic tab near the
> connector), use 
> cheap wiring, and the DC connectors in the base
> units themselves are 
> cheap receptacles costing pennies, with sloppy
> mating action, and are 
> probably rated for only 50 insertion/removal cycles.
> I would bet that 
> manufacturers who employ wall warts do not bother to
> test the 
> individual wart before shipping.
> 
> Generally, vendors (of which DSI may very well be an
> exception) will 
> claim that using a wall wart in the design isolates
> the unit from AC 
> noise, while never explaining how other
> manufacturers of professional 
> equipment o=have overcome this deficiency. Or, they
> may claim that 
> use of a wall wart makes it easier to pass
> electrical compliance 
> testing in various foreign markets while having to
> support only one 
> base design/unit.
> 
> The truth is that a small investment (maybe $1, I'm
> guessing 
> educationally) will probably permit installation of
> a workable AC 
> unit that can accommoddate most forseeable markets'
> line voltage 
> characteristics.
> 
> I interpret use of wall warts as a sign of contempt
> by a manufacturer 
> for their customers. This reaction may be a little
> extreme, but wall 
> warts certainly are not indicative of a desire to
> make their products 
> convenient, sturdy, and easy to use.
> 
> Having said all that, I'm still anxious to be able
> to audition an 
> Evolver here so that I can determine whether the
> instruments benefits 
> outweigh this one aggravating shortcoming.
> 
> 
> 



		
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