Fairlight-CMI

Hey folks,

Peter Vogel's site at http://www.fairlightinstruments.com/ clearly states:

"The projected price is approximately US$17,000 and the additional music 
keyboard option US$2,000. This includes delivery worldwide (but not 
taxes if applicable)."

That's UNITED STATES DOLLARS.

Peter's site also clearly indicates:

"Fairlight.au has been contracted to supply key technology, including 
its groundbreaking Crystal Core media processor and develop the 
specialist audio software required."

And it mentions that delivery is scheduled for the first quarter of 
2010. This is an aggressive release date, considering the programming 
required and hardware (chassis) design and fabrication.

As to whether the CMI-30A is priced "fairly", consider that the gross 
revenue from 100 units is only US$1,700,000. That is not much once you 
subtract the cost of the CC-1 cards, other circuit boards, contracted 
development fees, case fabrication, documentation, shipping, and on and 
on...



-- 
Greg Holmes
GH Services, Ontario, Canada
http://www.ghservices.com/
http://www.gregholmes.com/