Mono/Poly

[Tony Scharf]

“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?”

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 a case.

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.

In short, it took a lot more intellectual capital investment to make the WaveState.

At least, that’s my uneducated understanding.

Tony

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From: Joost Schuttelaar<mailto:joost at joostschuttelaar.nl>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2020 9:10 AM
To: Music-bar<mailto:music-bar at lists.music-bar.org>
Subject: Re: Mono/Poly

On 15 May 2020, at 15:46, Michael Zacherl <mubar05 at blauwurf.at> wrote:

> the pricing is very “democratic” as one might say, but on the bottom line rather destructive to the industry, IMO.

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.

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.

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?

Note that boutique stuff is obviously a totally different story.

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Joost Schuttelaar
The Hague, NL

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