Are we still looking at a $500 price point on this?
Well as time goes on and the feature set increases, our price point is also changing. Its a very hard balancing act between cost of the product and retail price. But we want to pack as many features into this thing as is possible so that you get the most bang for the buck. We also want to design a preamp that does not need any "mods" in the future to make it sound better. I think in the end everyone that owns one will be happy with there purchase.
understood. id rather having quality than a lower pricepoint anyday.
So if it's going to be more expensive (quality), what will seperate it from the Aerco MP2 (which is a quality piece of kit)?
We are not going to say our preamp is better then the competition, I did not build my reputation by slamming other sellers of fine audio gear ( unless I thought they were trying to rip you off )
But There will be features on this preamp that have NEVER been put on a preamp before. I am not going to get into details to easy for the competition to beat us to the punch. I think we have incorporated things that "should" have been put into a preamp design but never have been, because all of the other preamps are not really designed from the ground up for taping live shows sure some of them are small and some of them use battery power but none of them have some of the ideas we are going to incorporate into this one product. When you see the feature set you will understand what I am talking about, I am not bragging here but I am dam proud of some of the ideas Me and Brad have come up with. And I know you will be impressed, I am... and I am not so easy to impress. So I guess what I am saying is Function/Performance will be one thing that makes us stand out.
This is the finest thing I have ever been a part of. I am very proud of this design. I dont want to come off as some jerk that thinks we have reinvented the wheel. We have not. What we have done is for a long time wondered why some of these features were never available in a design. We have also rethought preamp and power supply design from ground up, nothing in our design or in the function of this preamp is "typical" And in the end the customer will get a preamp that is Functional, Reliable, Flexible, And Sounds Great.
We are not just builders of gear. Brad has his extensive electronics engineering background and concert taping and extensive knowledge of how the "big boys do things" from a manufacturing and design standpoint. I have my background in sound engineering and electronics, and some of the things I have learned in running Church Audio like the mass production of over 2,900 preamps and over 2,000 microphones to date with a return rate of less then 5%. Both of our talents are being fully brought to bear on this product.
But more importantly then all that is this "WE LISTEN" to you guys we read your threads and we listen to your ideas and we have read about some of your frustrations. That's how a good product is formed not just from the inside out but from the end user input. Because in the end you guys are going to be the ones running the gear in the field.
Chris
