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Just received a new conrad-johnson GAT preamp
"Sonnova" wrote in message
... On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:30:44 -0700, Alan N wrote (in article ): snip--------- While what you say may well be true, None of that justifies a $20,000 price tag. Fact is, it doesn't matter how limited the edition is or how 'highly rated' the brand is, the unit could have been hand-made, one-at-a-time, with silver wiring throughout by an aerospace electronics company using MIL-Spec parts and procedures and it still wouldn't justify a $20,000 price tag! In fact that was the point of my post. There is nothing in the thing. It was built using a handful of parts (not counting the digital control circuitry, which is so cheap these days that even $200 receivers use it) and, essentially, very simple, cook-book tube circuitry. Clearly, you are not familiar with the cost of doing things in an Aerospace Electronics company using MIL spec parts and procedures - I don't think you could do the final inspection for $20,000, in fact I am positive you couldn't put the paperwork in place to begin production for ten times that. but your intended point is that it's overpriced - and it isnt' built using aerospace procedures and processes |
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Just received a new conrad-johnson GAT preamp
On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:18:13 -0700, Bill Noble wrote
(in article ): "Sonnova" wrote in message ... On Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:30:44 -0700, Alan N wrote (in article ): snip--------- While what you say may well be true, None of that justifies a $20,000 price tag. Fact is, it doesn't matter how limited the edition is or how 'highly rated' the brand is, the unit could have been hand-made, one-at-a-time, with silver wiring throughout by an aerospace electronics company using MIL-Spec parts and procedures and it still wouldn't justify a $20,000 price tag! In fact that was the point of my post. There is nothing in the thing. It was built using a handful of parts (not counting the digital control circuitry, which is so cheap these days that even $200 receivers use it) and, essentially, very simple, cook-book tube circuitry. Clearly, you are not familiar with the cost of doing things in an Aerospace Electronics company using MIL spec parts and procedures - I don't think you could do the final inspection for $20,000, in fact I am positive you couldn't put the paperwork in place to begin production for ten times that. Except, that's NOT at all what I said. I said that even if the thing WERE built with MIL spec parts and procedures it wouldn't JUSTIFY a price of $20,000. Clearly, it's priced at $20,000, even without being built by a Loral or a Lockheed-Martin. Speaking of Lockheed, My first job out of college was at the old Lockheed Missile And Space Company where I worked for five years, three of which were in the "cable lab" doing research on wire, insulation, and connectors. And after that, I worked for a number of years at GTE Sylvania on military radar, and subsequently for British Aerospace and Electronics working on ground-based combat vehicle systems. So don't try to tell me that I'm not familiar with the cost of doing things in the Aerospace industry. |
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Just received a new conrad-johnson GAT preamp
On Sep 26, 10:18=A0am, "Bill Noble" wrote:
Clearly, you are not familiar with the cost of doing things in an Aerospa= ce Electronics company using MIL spec parts and procedures - I don't think y= ou could do the final inspection for $20,000, in fact I am positive you couldn't put the paperwork in place to begin production for ten times tha= t. |
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