[HAM] The New B-3

[Bohachewsky, Andrew V.]

I'd say you're dead on with your second point but dead wrong on the
first.

Decades ago stuff was built like a brick outhouse (polite terminology).
Today it's all lowest pricepoint possible. I work in the electronics
industry, I see this every day.

I get posts from the clone wheel group as well as this group. I'd
venture to say I see more "broken" posts on the clone wheel than
"broken" posts here. And yes most of those do involve replacement of
entire motherboards, circuit boards, which if not under warranty seem to
run about half the price of the brand new instrument. (Hmm, maybe
instrument is too kind a word...)

Andy

-----Original Message-----

This is no more than speculation on my part, but
I'd guess the New B3 would have far fewer repair
incidents, but each would, on average, last
longer than a typical vintage breakdown and cost
more to remedy.