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Fletcher · 1st February 2012

If its computer based equipment be sure to have it shipped FedEx [or UPS - or DHL] overnight so it will still be relevant when you install it... within 6 months to a year, plan on it being antiquated.

Analog gear? If its good - well made equipment you should experience it being valid for anywhere between 3 and 65 years [3 if its really just a "flavor of the minute" kind of thing -- 65 years if its tried and true and an amazing piece of kit]... if its cheap crap you pick up in a local banjo selling store... figure 6 to 9 to 18 months before you outgrow it... which just means that your ears grew to realize its crap gear and you end up selling it to the next sucker down the line.

That any help?

1st February 2012	#7
Fletcher member no 666 Joined: Jun 2002 Location: Durham, NC Posts: 10,107	If its computer based equipment be sure to have it shipped FedEx [or UPS - or DHL] overnight so it will still be relevant when you install it... within 6 months to a year, plan on it being antiquated. Analog gear? If its good - well made equipment you should experience it being valid for anywhere between 3 and 65 years [3 if its really just a "flavor of the minute" kind of thing -- 65 years if its tried and true and an amazing piece of kit]... if its cheap crap you pick up in a local banjo selling store... figure 6 to 9 to 18 months before you outgrow it... which just means that your ears grew to realize its crap gear and you end up selling it to the next sucker down the line. That any help? __________________ CN Fletcher Professional Affiliations: R/E/P Professional Recording Engineer and Producer forums - serious hobbyists welcome SoundPure.com mwagener wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 14:33 We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid Roscoe Ambel once said: Pro-Tools is to audio what fluorescent is to light