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Barry, Patrice, List...

patrice:
> nothing personnal, but I don't share your point of view ,
> please remember that the SD5k ISN'T a SIMMONS AT ALL  ...So why should we 
> feel concerned about it ?

true...

> Nobody's buying an SD5k because of the SImmons name, this generation don't 
> know about Simmons ... it's too old ...

There I don't agree. I think people have the name in the back of their head. 
And remember that tech daddies will buy tech gifts for their sons (and 
daughters). A friend (he's 35) bought a Medeli (same shit as SDS5K) for his 
just recently...

> They're buying it  just because it's cheap !

...that too...

> Anyway, the destination isn't the same neither ...
> Someone interested in electronic & in the sound won't buy an SD5k at all .

There is the biggest reason not to keep it I think. We don't want these 
radio shack musicians on the list. We want the devoted or those who simply 
dug out dags old set and likes it! :)

> Someone who wants to practice in his bedroom won't buy an SDS7or V or SDX 
> for that ...
Old Simmons don't offer at all what the SD5k brings.

No, thank God! ;)

> &SD5k doesn't approach at all the Sound of original SImmons.
it's, I think, 2 completely separate worlds.
with 2 separate destinations.
> People who buy an SD5k are buying a first price chinese thing. Do they 
> care about analog or digital things converters ? The old Simmons were 
> Audio Pro Units ...
> It's same sort of situation between  the MP3 world & the audiophile one...
> I don't see young MP3s consumers finding any interest by paying more for 
> an audiophile system or recordings when they can download for free ...

Amen... I wonder why I seldom sell any CDs from my record store anymore. I 
only have the "living in the past-bastards" browsing the site...

> Well, anyway ; it's just about my personnal thoughts.

Thanks for sharing... The manual at least got the discussion going!

electronically yours, jesper
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