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toulcit · 26th November 2009

Ok that's a bit cruel, but I know that would get your attention :D

People must probably think I'm affiliated with SSL by now or something, but people couldn't be further from the truth.
I'm just very interested about there products.

So I was thinking about SSL and pricing, people say SSL is expensive, some say you actually pay for the name. But actually if you put things in perspective SSL is actually quite cheap, yes, there I said it (no, he didn't). :D.

For example the AWS900.

It's a 24 channel mixer, so for comparison we'll try to replicate it with the x-rack components.

(pricing is in euro's by thomann's website, minus delivery costs)

24 preamps 24 x 537 = 12888
24 eq's 24 x 555 = 13320
2 ch. dynamics 2 x 555 = 1110
1 mixbus comp 1 x 1529 = 1529
x-rack every 4 modules 52:8 = 6,5 rack = 7 racks

total 35.322

That's about the equal to the price of a second hand AWS900, so with a AWS900 you get the rest of the mixer almost for free.

I know although this comparison isn't completely fair, since a new aws900 is 50.000 euro's, but then still the difference is only 50.000 - 35.322 = 14.678 euro's. I was just overthinking this the other day. I thought it would be interesting to share with you all.

I also could've taken the duality into equation but charging for the superanalogue and the classic modules would make a weird outcome.

26th November 2009	#1
toulcit Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 265 Thread Starter	SSL is dirtcheap! Ok that's a bit cruel, but I know that would get your attention :D People must probably think I'm affiliated with SSL by now or something, but people couldn't be further from the truth. I'm just very interested about there products. So I was thinking about SSL and pricing, people say SSL is expensive, some say you actually pay for the name. But actually if you put things in perspective SSL is actually quite cheap, yes, there I said it (no, he didn't). :D. For example the AWS900. It's a 24 channel mixer, so for comparison we'll try to replicate it with the x-rack components. (pricing is in euro's by thomann's website, minus delivery costs) 24 preamps 24 x 537 = 12888 24 eq's 24 x 555 = 13320 2 ch. dynamics 2 x 555 = 1110 1 mixbus comp 1 x 1529 = 1529 x-rack every 4 modules 52:8 = 6,5 rack = 7 racks total 35.322 That's about the equal to the price of a second hand AWS900, so with a AWS900 you get the rest of the mixer almost for free. I know although this comparison isn't completely fair, since a new aws900 is 50.000 euro's, but then still the difference is only 50.000 - 35.322 = 14.678 euro's. I was just overthinking this the other day. I thought it would be interesting to share with you all. I also could've taken the duality into equation but charging for the superanalogue and the classic modules would make a weird outcome.