Re: Which tube expert can do custom works?



"Tynan AgviÐr" wrote:

All I am saying is that experts normally want some sort of
"professional" fee,
ie, more than what you'd pay a cleaner.
And you have not indicated what you are prepared to pay.

Doing such design work takes considerable time.

If you really want something done, and done right,
and in a good time frame, make a deal nobody can refuse.

I'm extremely busy for the next 6 months can't help you
right now.

Does not Manley Labs have something you might purchase off the shelf?

Patrick Turner.

Ok, sure I expect that most people require a fee..but I generally dont
talk about money on public newsgroups. That is pretty tacky in my
opinion.

You are quite entitled to your opinion.

And I will die 1,000 death's defending your right to free speach,
but if I disagree with you its not a big deal, eh?

My parents tried to tell me I mustn't discuss Sex, Politics, Religion at
the dinner table.

But they are my favourite subjects, and I get bored with small talk,
or the prices of houses and groceries.

So money talk here in this "Anything Goaz" Internet isn't out of place
imho....


On top of that..I dont know what a project like that would go
for because nothing like that exists!

Something like what you want is much more complex than a normal preamp,
and its a one-off, so expect the price to be several times whatever
range of
preamp prices you see, so maybe between $1,000 and $5,000.




Ive seen a lot of talk about money,
but normally when I get audio work done(I get a lot of microphone
modifications, for example), I tell the two techs that I deal with mainly
what I am looking for, they do research, give me cost scenarios, and
that's that. Why would I come on here, like an idiot, say "hey, I am a
dumbass numbnuts who doesnt know anything about nothing", "ive got XXXX.
dollars here, and I want someone to build me a mixer." "Who can do it?",
..Nothing about that seems smart.

But what if you end up having a lot of us argue about the best way to do
it
for a month and you have only $500 to spend?

What's in it for any of us?

Ive never done business that way, and
dont intend on ever doing it that way.

I think everyone here would realise that you would negotiate privately
about the actual agreed sum if you wanted to.

I had hoped someone would contact
me(and they have) , do a little brain storming with those expert brains
of theirs, get back to me with a figure and some scenario of what they
could do, yadda yadda. And lets work it out.. as for the things you
said.. *ive* never known any expert do do business in that manner.

To prepare a prospective schematic neatly drawn up in MS paint is a full
day or two's work,
but I ain't got time now.

Maybe someone else has the time and will go all public about the design
to give the
whole world something, not just have you being the sole beneficiary of
the work.

You may not actually end up buying anything. Many people are saying thay
want this or that
and want to pay for it but after lots of discussion they get nothin.
Shop assistants call them tyre kickers.


dont want to approach this like an auction or a contract to build a
prison. I want someone to talk to me one on one and work with me. Ive had
4 guys offer very helpful information(helping me narrow down what I want,
and believe me I appreciate it very very much), but outside of those guys
(thanks be to them again), i hear a lot of talk about money, but no talk
about what someone could offer. do people really think that way?? "Give
me money and we can talk!"..if so that is bull***!..Hell, how do I know
you aren't some Schizo in Dorothea Dix or Joe Blow from
piscopo..hell...or that you know your 3rd point of contact from a hole in
the ground?
Obviously you cant help, Mr. Turner.. thats cool..but I did want to
answer your questions.

As for manley..Well, I dont need anything as large as what they offer,
and they dont do anything smaller...they are pretty much on the verge of
"mass production" , and I want something that is mine(and the builders)
alone.

Yup, you get printed circuit boards double sided, and often a schematic
that could have been better
but its in a nice box and will tend to keep its value awhile....

The custom job won't have a printed circuit board.

It will be all point to point wiring, proper chassis,
and built up to a standard, not down to a price....
Such things are never cheap.

Ill keep hoping, maybe theyll come along.


Well let's see if you get your design fully fleshed out for nothing.

Men are men and likely to argue endlessly so long about how to do it
right....

And we don't have the ability to post schematics right here and the
groups which do allow
schematics posted are not accessable by everyone.

Meanwhile I have real work to perform or I starve.

Patrick Turner.
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