You have to see past the jacks and knobs and bear in mind that you're paying
for more than the materials and immediate soldering labor. You're also
paying for years of the most innovative and artistic synth R&D by arguably
the best mind ever brought to bear on electronic instruments, as an
extraordinary labor of love. And yes, buying it isn't compulsory. I'm
awfully pleased with my Doepfer, but among the aspects I'm most pleased
about has been the attention Dieter's given to absorbing and interpreting
Buchla's innovative ideas. I'll have to get by without a 200e because I can
barely afford the instruments I already have. But declaring a Ferrari a
waste of money for commuting to work by no means diminishes the roaring
brilliance of the thing on a long, twisting stretch of blacktop.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Hoffman [mailto: robmix@... ]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 7:12 PM
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: 1 Re: OT: new buchla 259
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> I don't know what the actual costs are, maybe Peter could chime in here
> as he has probably priced out various connectors, PCB's and knobs.
> Again, is the sheet metal used on a Porsche any different than the
> sheet metal on a Honda The high prices may be justified in the
> quality control and parts - we've seen enough emails about poor
> connectors in certain modular gear . . . . . Bakis certainly you've got
> some other high end gear - you must notice the difference in quality.
>
> Rob
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> On Wednesday, September 1, 2004, at 03:39 PM, Bakis Sirros wrote:
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> > still, the high buchla prices are not justified by the
> > buchla modules! what materials do they use that cost
> > so much are their knobs, buttons, panels and pcb's so
> > super expensive i really don't think so.
> > bakis.
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> > --- Robert Hoffman < robmix@... > wrote:
> >
> >> Yeah their a bit expensive but we're used to paying
> >> Honda prices for
> >> Doepfer modules and Buchla is kind of the Rolls
> >> Royce of modular synths.
> >>
> >> Rob
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wednesday, September 1, 2004, at 08:04 AM,
> >> selfoscillate wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> yes, i've seen the new buchla 200e system too,
> >>> ridiculous price tag. but that is quite normal for
> >> buchla
> >>> i guess. maybe the front panels are made of
> >> platinum  ;-)
> >>>
> >>> best wishes
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> >>> ingo
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> >>> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com , "ps_minor"
> >> <pscottm@h...> wrote:
> >>>> i didn't realize they were making these again. 
> >>>>
> >>>> www.buchla.com/200e/259e.html
> >>>>
> >>>> just don't look at the price.  crazy. 
> >>>>
> >>>> -psm
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