[Neil Gould]

Scott Dorsey wrote:
hank alrich wrote:
Neil Gould wrote:

Mike Rivers wrote:
On 4/29/2013 10:49 AM, Neil Gould wrote:

Even '70s era hobbiests who bought an 8-track Tascam recorder&
mixer spent multiples of the cost of today's DAW/interface
hardware.

That's true. I had $3700 in a TASCAM Model 5 mixer and 80-8
recorder, and I think close to another grand in the companion dbx
noise reduction unit for it.

Let's not overlook that those were in '70s dollars, too. I bought a
new Porsche back then for under $10k. ;-)

The A80 cost a lot in the mid-1970's, but it also gave nearly thirty
years of service with very little additional cost.

Which is a lot more than you can say for a Porsche.

There may be some conceptual relationship between those that expect decades
of service from inexpensive audio interfaces and those that think a Porsche
is practical for basic transportation. ;-)
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best regards,

Neil