JackOfAll wrote: > John has dispatched one of his SWAMP 0.5 "test" DAC carrier boards to > me. I am hopeful that a couple of weeks after receiving it, we will have > an ALSA driver and be looking to move forward with a limited production > run of CSP1 boards. CSP1 is effectively going to be the public beta > board and was always intended to be a limited run, the chance to shake > out any bugs or make any last minute changes before moving forward to a > full production run, of perhaps 200 boards. > > From a financing perspective, the expectation is that for such a small > run of CSP1, we are potentially going to be looking at 4x the cost per > board, compared to the cost per board of a much larger production run. > My expectation is that to get these into the hands of beta testers we > will need to subsidise the costs, as I doubt people will want to pay > $400 for the privilege of beta testing. ;) > > At least 10 of the CSP1 boards will be spoken for, (myself, Adrian, > John, and to get them into the hands of what will be our US and UK > distributors), leaving perhaps 10 or 15 boards to be allocated to > "public" beta testers. I suspect that we will need to pass on some of > the cost of these boards to the "public" beta testers that will receive > them. I also suspect some of you guys, that have already jumped on board > by purchasing Wandboard's, will want to join in with the CSP1 beta > testing. > > What I would like to try and do, is come up with a compromise, whereby > we part-subsidise the beta boards, perhaps asking the early adopters, > (a.k.a. beta testers), to contribute $200 to the CSP1 board cost, on the > understanding that when we reach the CSP2 production run, that they will > also receive a "free" board from that run. Best case scenario, there > won't be any major changes, (if any at all), between CSP1 and CSP2, so > you'll end up with 2 boards for your $200, but if for some reason CSP1 > does have "issues" and they need to be rectified with hardware or PCB > changes before CSP2 goes into production, you'll at least be guaranteed > to get a board from the CSP2 run without having to pay again. > > The $200 figure I have used above, is just a number I have plucked out > of thin air, so it is not a fixed and final figure. But on the basis > that it is the number, my question would be, how many of you, (if any), > would be prepared to pay $200 for a CSP1 "beta" board, which will also > include a "complimentary" CSP2 "production" board when they are > produced.
Clive, Please count me in:) Primary system: Squeezebox Touch, iPengHD/Squeezepad on iPad3, Little Doc DAC I, Virtue Audio One, Philips DVP3580, Mission M34i. Secondary system: Wandboard Dual with CSOS R4, iPengHD/Squeezepad on iPad3, Cambridge Audio DacMagic, Cambridge Audio Azur 640C V2, Little Dot III, AKG K 702. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ albertone74's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23863 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98544 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
