In Reply to: RE: "MOUSER' sells them for about $25 each in onesies.... posted by AbeCollins on October 29, 2015 at 08:09:00:
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
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- RE: "MOUSER' sells them for about $25 each in onesies.... - Tony Lauck 10/29/1512:00:30 10/29/15 (14)
- RE: "MOUSER' sells them for about $25 each in onesies.... - fmak 16:12:28 10/29/15 (7)
- RE: "the two XOs on the Amanero based usb to I2S board"... - Ivan303 17:15:57 10/29/15 (6)
- RE: "the two XOs on the Amanero based usb to I2S board"... - fmak 19:18:37 10/29/15 (5)
- Thought the AMANERO board was Italian? - Ivan303 20:03:58 10/29/15 (4)
- RE: Thought the AMANERO board was Italian? - fmak 00:06:10 10/30/15 (3)
- RE: "I think they allow licensed manufacture" - Ivan303 07:06:41 10/30/15 (2)
- RE: "I think they allow licensed manufacture" - Bob_C 09:00:15 10/30/15 (1)
- Tear apart a brand new DAC? - Ivan303 11:54:20 10/30/15 (0)
- RE: "MOUSER' sells them for about $25 each in onesies.... - AbeCollins 15:52:02 10/29/15 (4)
- labor intensive ??? - fmak 16:14:52 10/29/15 (3)
- RE: YES labor intensive.... - AbeCollins 18:27:38 10/29/15 (2)
- Another Fabrication - fmak 19:20:59 10/29/15 (1)
- RE: Another Fabrication - Bob_C 20:44:12 10/29/15 (0)
- REALLY? - Ivan303 15:10:30 10/29/15 (0)