--- 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