Doepfer

heh, one more bit of blabber (as Detective Columbo used to say, "Oh, ONE more thing..." ^_^ ), re: getting "durable" gear that lasts... my buddy and tech guru (who helps me keep all my vintage gear alive & functioning) told me about how he's talked to a number of people in the industry (sales reps & so forth) about why the big synth companies usually don't listen when people ask them to just reissue the cool older gear, and, off the record of course, they totally admitted that THEY DON'T WANT PEOPLE USING THE OLD GEAR AT ALL! they WANT it to fail after a few years so the customer base is forced to buy their shiny new stuff... until IT fails, and along comes the next new shiny thing... lather, rinse, repeat... the mainstream synth industry is just as guilty as the auto industry (and many many others) of following the old "planned obsolescence" business model. at least the smaller companies in the Eurorack scene do seem to care about quality and long-term durability. ok, Rant *OVER* (with much apologies for going extra-off-tangent).  ;-)

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 Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 10:20 AM
 Subject: Re: [Doepfer_a100] Is the PSU3 a lot greener than PSU2?
   
    
Thanks for all the answers. 
I completely side with what florian said: to be able to offset the carbon footprint of goods assembled with parts coming from all over the planet is kind of mission impossible. So, let's buy things once and buy durable things. My car is now 17 years old, and still drives absolutely fine - it’s a bit of an ecosystem inside, but who cares it still gets me from A to B when required. 
As for module production… I blame myself when I switch on the modular, and think about the energy and minerals it required to come into life. That’s the price of western civilisation custom made entertainment.  And for the PSU3: I only had a look at it because it’s go 5V. I might just go for the 5V adaptor for my PSU2 anyway. 
Another though, totally outside this group intended subject, is to the solar panels: it must be a while before you manage to offset the carbon footprint of their production (getting the Si crystals, the doping, the plasma slicing, etc…). 
Blabbering, Stop!! 
Thanks again for all the details.