How much does a power amplifier development cost if you order development?

[jan.didden]

No, I did! But it would be nice, no? ;-)

Jan

 

[GUNFU]

Depending on who wants what from life. Some always want more don't they?

 

[jan.didden]

People always want 'more'. Not always money, sometimes respect, sometimes recognition, sometimes other things. But always 'more'. It is the human condition, tuned by eons of evolution.

But that's another (fascinating) story!

Jan

 

[GUNFU]

As one good friend of mine, also an audio enthusiast, said. Chain soldering is not a hobby. That's when we sail on the sea ... So, he does not need recognition and many also think.

 

[jan.didden]

Yeah lots of people are fooling themselves as to why they do things. But the motivation comes from deep down.
And mental institutions are full of people that have been told many times that they are no use, that they are worthless, not giving them respect and recognition.

I will leave now this thread, again good luck.

Jan

 

[haiqu]

One of my friends once said that a circuit developed in a computer model might not work in the real world ... To which I replied that a circuit that could not work even in the virtual world would certainly never work.

I have a design that I built in 2003 that Spice says can't possibly work. A friend who was a lifetime designer also paid me a compliment by saying that he couldn't understand it. Sounds great. 🙂

 

[haiqu]

On this production contract type, the engineering fee is a trade-off with the price markup and the number of production boards that are ordered. If the supplied schematic diagram is mostly finalized and the required PCB and firmware designs are a standard job, then 10k could be a pretty standard engineering fee for a production run of 1k boards/year; it may even be lower on some instances. This is only a ballpark figure, of course.

I just watched a video yesterday where Nelson Pass and his preamp designer estimated a year's work to design an amp. And that was just the electronics, not the packaging or documentation. Do you think they work for $5k pa each?

 

[haiqu]

I have already received data that the old development of the amplifier sold for the second time will cost from 15,000 to 30,000 USD. The new one will obviously be about twice as expensive. The branch can be closed, thank you all very much for participating.

Yeah, good luck with that.