[lan]

$500 and $400, respectively. ETA April. Well now ya'll can play with us desktop people

http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAM...6-Cardbus.html

 

[Magsy]

Very nice, will fill a hole for a lot of people but its a shame its so expensive! Hopefully a cut down version with only 2 or so channels can be released

 

[ixeo]

OMG too rich for my blood. but why PCMCIA and not USB/Firewire since its that huge.. reason for going with PCMCIA is portability..like the echo..

 

[Glassman]

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Originally Posted by ixeo OMG too rich for my blood. but why PCMCIA and not USB/Firewire since its that huge.. reason for going with PCMCIA is portability..like the echo..

and the reason is: they need to use the same EMU10k2 DSP as on all cards since Audigy including the whole E-MU range, you cannot do that easily with some Firewire/USB bridge, but since Cardbus is in fact just a common PCI, it's pretty easy for them..

 

[Jasper994]

The price is high because their using the external dock. It's probably pretty similar to the 1820/1820m dock. The 1820m dock is $300 so go figure.

 

[Distroyed]

Awesome to see, but way overpriced.

 

[yeeyy]

Wonder will there any version release without the dock so the price is cutting down?

 

[lan]

It's not overpriced for the performance and features that you get. Since we're not the target market, then yes it's too much. But all pro soundcards are like that.

 

[IstariAsuka]

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The E-MU PCMCIA card can be used standalone for its studio-quality headphone amp

Hmm, what do you guys make of this?

I doubt it could be very good, having to fit on a PCMCIA card with the other stuff, but it could be useful for portable laptop listening (ie. no amp).

 

[bLue_oNioN]

(=O=)

 

[Distroyed]

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Originally Posted by lan It's not overpriced for the performance and features that you get. Since we're not the target market, then yes it's too much. But all pro soundcards are like that.

As Jasper pointed out, the technology for this already existed. It's just a modified version of the 1820 dock. But since they know only pro musicians will buy into this, they know they can charge a lot and get away with it. In my mind, if a product is cheap to develop but retails at a very high price because its audience will pay, then it's overpriced.

 

[CSMR]

Looks like good value to me for semi-portable recording

 

[Asmo]

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Originally Posted by Distroyed As Jasper pointed out, the technology for this already existed. It's just a modified version of the 1820 dock. But since they know only pro musicians will buy into this, they know they can charge a lot and get away with it. In my mind, if a product is cheap to develop but retails at a very high price because its audience will pay, then it's overpriced.

Supply and Demand.

A lot of things in this world are 'over priced' exotic/luxury cars, high end stereo equipment, jewellery, you name it.

 

[CSMR]

I wonder how the dock compares to the 1820m dock and whether it is compatible with the 1212m/1820m PCI cards.

 

[uzziah]

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Originally Posted by Asmo Supply and Demand. A lot of things in this world are 'over priced' exotic/luxury cars, high end stereo equipment, jewellery, you name it.

very well put

everything is the "right price" that is what the manufacturer is able to charge for it. as you say "supply in demand"

but that's the joy of our wonderful capatilistic system, "you don't have to buy it!!