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Re: PC1600x & SoundDiver & Evolver

2003-04-01 by Miles Bader

aeon <aeonflux@...> writes:
> On 3/31/03 8:44 AM, "peter sedin" <midihooker@...> wrote:
> > i cant really understand why its only sold like 500 or so...

Perhaps I'm just naive about the synth biz, but that seems pretty good
to me (hey it's $250,000!) given that it's apparently a one-man operation.

It sounds like D.S. is being _very_ careful to make sure DSI is a viable
business, so he's probably paid a lot of attention to keeping his costs
pretty low.  [Does anyone know what caused the demise of sequential?]

> given the amount of time it has been on sale, that comes to 2-3 sold a
> day...

Based on the serial numbers I've seen, sales seem to have speeded up
quite a bit recently, so I'd guess the word is getting out.

> on one hand, it is quite inexpensive given what it can do, but on the
> other hand, the price is above the threshold for what most people
> would consider in terms of an "impulse" buy.

Hmmm, it was something of an impulse buy for me (I'm not sure if I
should hang my head or not :-).  Anyway, it doesn't hurt that his
website makes buying one almost effortless...

-Miles
-- 
"Though they may have different meanings, the cries of 'Yeeeee-haw!' and
 'Allahu akbar!' are, in spirit, not actually all that different."

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