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<p class="MsoNormal">“Yes, I’m leaving out the R&D, but in economies of scale, is that per unit so much more than the Poly D, for example? I doubt it. Why does it cost about the same, where the Poly D obviously has a much higher cost in materials and labour?”<br>
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For one, the R&D that went into the WaveState would be much higher as it’s all software development with little hardware. The Poly D is the reverse, only even that took little engineering, as they basically took a design they copied and put four of them in
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’d also guess that the after sales support will be higher on the WaveState, since it is a computing device and bugs will happen. Behringer with the Poly D….they don’t do much in terms of support for their products.
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In short, it took a lot more intellectual capital investment to make the WaveState.
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<p class="MsoNormal">At least, that’s my uneducated understanding.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tony</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:joost@joostschuttelaar.nl">Joost Schuttelaar</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Friday, May 15, 2020 9:10 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">Music-bar</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: Mono/Poly</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 15 May 2020, at 15:46, Michael Zacherl <mubar05@blauwurf.at> wrote:<br>
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> the pricing is very “democratic” as one might say, but on the bottom line rather destructive to the industry, IMO.<br>
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I find the pricing actually very reasonable. I’m sure they are able to make a very nice profit with these relatively low prices. Gotta compare it to other ’Shenzhen’ electronics.<br>
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As an example, the Korg Wavestate, I find it ridiculously overpriced. Considering what it is, a Raspberry Pi, some controller stuff and a very plastic case.<br>
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Yes, I’m leaving out the R&D, but in economies of scale, is that per unit so much more than the Poly D, for example? I doubt it. Why does it cost about the same, where the Poly D obviously has a much higher cost in materials and labour?<br>
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Note that boutique stuff is obviously a totally different story.<br>
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