RSA to be exposed.  

Good sound does not always equate to the most populated circuit board.

Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I wouldn't take seriously anything that appears on a "tech, audio and anime rant page."

don't know where this clown got $500 for purchase price.  Tomahawk on Ray's website is under $300.  Or am I missing something??  And why is this 2008 site being resurrected now???

What are they (RSA) going to be exposed for? Did someone there have an affair with Michelle Obama? Are they selling re-packaged Oppo's with 400% mark-ups? Do they tell you you're getting one thing and then sell you something else? This is ridiculous. 

Darn, based on the title I thought it was going to be something interesting.

 

What exactly are they being "exposed" of? Pictures like that have been around pretty much since the release of that product, so you're a little late to the party.

Not exactly sure what you're thinking of accomplishing with this thread.

 

Something amusing though, you should see the Rudistor portable if you're surprised by this, and that one actually is $500 IIRC. ;)

I was just about to do so, but I then realized that the posting to which you linked is from September 2008.

 

I figure if this blog was going to "expose" RSA, it would have done so by now.

 

There are other costs involved.

I had a long (and very interesting) conversation with Ray about what it takes to develop and prototype cases. It involves a lot of work and not everything turns out perfect to begin with.

We also talked about a high rejection rate of potentiometers, where the channels aren't matched well with many of them.

There are a lot of hidden costs and stumbling blocks when it comes to developing a product. Also, you have to buy many components in bulk, so break-even doesn't happen right away. The average consumer has no idea.

well, Another useless thread from you. If you rip open a top tier IEM, then it should not be more than 5$  by your criteria.

Edited by dilpal - 5/2/11 at 8:23am

If i am not wrong, the $500 is because it is not USD but SGD

BREAKING NEWS:

 

I just received my copy of Adobe CS5 today and inside was nothing but a bunch of booklets and a few silvery discs of some sort!  Definitely not worth the price I paid!

I just do not understand the purpose of this post. The Tomahawk has been out for a long time and it does a nice job at what it is. Pictures have been posted before so if users research they will find them and know before hand what they are getting. Sorry you feel the way you do but it is what it is.

 

I owned the Tomahawk and enjoyed it!

Like mrarroyo, I've owned Tomahawks in the past and have absolutelynothing but praise for these little guys.  Small, powerful enough for most all IEMs and some standard headphones, and batteries last forever.   Like mrarroyo, don't know the purpose of this antiquated information nor the purpose of the post

This isnt about the Tomahawk. It isnt even about RSA. Its about attitudes.

 

- many of you will have seen the 'expose' which puts the parts cost of the iPhone at about 1/20th of the retail price.

- many may also have seen the estimate which puts the cost of the iPad2 at around 15K USD if Apple built it using American labour

- the DiYers here know the price of everything. Sadly, many dont seem to value 'implementation' among those costs - if you managed to assemble a Bottlehead Crack and it works, congrats, but you didnt exactly *design* the thing, did you ?

 

Anyone who can build an iPhone or an iPad for less than Apple charge for it, hack the OS and get the thing working, more power to you.

Anyone who can build a better portable amp than Ray, or Jan, or Justin, or *whoever* : do it, and post pics/impressions of the result. How many of those guys do you think started out working for Marantz/NAD/whoever, and how many started out as DIYers ?

 

For the rest of us, we pay for someone else to put their grey matter to work.