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Re: [Fairlight-CMI] Fairlight = rare

2007-02-15 by Harald Feldmann

Very good comparison Laurent !

Also consider this: http://www.stradivariusviolins.org/antoniostradivari

Around 650 Stradivarius exist today. How many Fairlights exist today ?
Which is more rare ? ...

And what about an ARP 2500...


Regards,
Harald.


Laurent Lemaire wrote:

> When I try to explain this to friends who are not familiar to the domain,
> I use two simple examples:
>
> - How do you fly today from Paris/London to NY in 3 hours since the
>   concorde was retired ?
> - Why people would pay a fortune for an old violin when you can buy
>   a yamaha one for 500 Euros...
>
> Well, it's because you have to admit that some old technologies were
> better. And that new one are sometime the best but it's not always
> the case... So the Airbus 380 is maybe a great product, but it will
> never replace the Concorde.

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