Doepfer

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, "Tim Stinchcombe <timothy@t...>" 
<timothy@t...> wrote:
 
> I agree entirely in that use of G3's or G6's depends on what you 
> want. However, if you just pile them one on top of the other as I do 
> (and plenty of others do too I suspect), then my current 3xG6 cases 
> as 6xG3 would cost an _extra_ £483 (or $783 at En-port prices). 
> That's _my_ economics ;-). So, each time you buy a G6 case you can 
> convince yourself that its the right thing to do - think of all the 
> money you have just saved, that can now be spent on other modules 
> instead. The downside is that with all that gaping, empty rack 
space, 
> you end up buying more modules sooner rather than later (so perhaps 
> it's not such good economics after all...).

Hi Timothy

Apologies for the poor wording on my part. Yes I understand this point 
of view, and I wouldn't see the point of having 6X G3 cases. Its 
commonly said that the G3 case is uneconomical, I was just pointing 
out that there's a different way of looking at it i.e. that you're 
essentially buying power supplies, not cases. The G3 case isn't a 
ripoff.

If I decide to add another row of modules, I can buy a G6 case, put 
one of the G3 cases in storage, and have an A100 system with an odd 
number of rows. I won't have a "gaping hole" that looks ugly and might 
 make me spend a bunch of extra money for more modules than I 
wanted - as you say, not good economics after all. Later, if I 
decide to add yet another row of modules, I can add the second G3 case 
back to the stack and create a system with an even number of rows 
again.

What's more, the two G3 cases allow me to place the system bus (the G6 
case) anywhere I want in the stack - top, middle, or bottom. This 
flexibility turned out to be important to me, because I wanted the row 
containing the A155 sequence on top (to be unencumbered by patch 
cables), but I wanted the VCOs and ADSRs to me at eye level, rather 
than on the bottom of the stack. So I have G3 on top, G6, and the 
other G3 on the bottom. Works for me, anyway.

Joe


> 
> BTW (for Neil, Richard and any others interested) I now notice that 
> on the Doepfer website under 'A100 Construction Details' not only is 
> there a link to the people whose stuff they use (ProMa), but also 
> a .pdf file of all the bits 'n bobs one needs to put a case together 
> oneself (right down to the captive nuts and self-tapping screws!)
> 
> Tim