i agree with dieter regarding the price.

best wishes

ingo


--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , Bakis Sirros
<synth_freak_2000@y...> wrote:

> dieter says:
> "today we published two new preliminary A-100 pages on
> our web site: A-196 PLL and A-167
> Comparator/Subtractor/Offset Generator.
>
> Yesterday I talked to Bob Williams of Analogue Systems
> concerning the VU meter. Bob is a friend of mine and
> we already had a common both 2 years ago at the NAMM.
> We talk together now and then as we very often have
> the same problems and help each other e.g. to find out
> the best supplier or to work together on a supplier
> (e.g. because of the contact problems of the sockets
> as we use the same sockets from the same supplier).
> Bob told me that he would supply us with the VU meters
> he uses and that he would not have a problem if we
> manufacture a VU meter too (I do not want to annoy
> even analog modular competitors as - from my point of
> view - we are all in the same boat). But the meters
> are very expensive (about 44 English pounds in small
> quantities) and I'm not sure if the customers are
> willing to pay more than 100 Euros for a VU meter. But
> you see that we keep at it but I'm not sure if we will
> use the meters from Bob.
>
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer"
>
>
>
>
> COMMENTS
> I WANT THE METER!:-)
> BAKIS.
>
>
>
>
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