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RE: "MOUSER' sells them for about $25 each in onesies....

For $25 why not? But DAC makers would like you to believe that these femto clocks are magical and very expensive, often charging $125 to nearly $500 for the upgrade."

You would need to look at typical business models to get an understanding of the relationship between parts cost and sales price. Small volume manufacturers will need better gross margins to be viable. Also, the distribution chain overhead has to be taken into account, as it adds an additional multiplier over cost.

In addition, there are additional costs to have two model numbers vs. one, both fixed costs and variable costs. And obviously, if an "upgrade" requires rework (e.g. unsoldering) then there will be additional labor costs involved.

Tony Lauck

"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar


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