You're not much of a fan of Hi-Fi Jeff? ;-) On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Jeff Thomas <nixich...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Feb 9, 11:22 am, Nicholas Stock <nickst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd have to disagree with you there Dieter, nothing wrong with acrylic > > cases for IN-18 clocks.. > > > > http://www.pvelectronics.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath... > > > > It wasn't cheap or easy to do either....;-) > > > > Nick > > > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Dieter Waechter <i...@nocrotec.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > yes that's right. > > > Note the protopype cases cost about 1000 EUR, the other parts, > equipment, > > > programming, tools, about 4500 EUR. > > > I know that a acrylic case is fast, cheap and very easy to do. > > > But I reall NEVER would pack a IN-18 clock in a plastic case. > > > Dieter > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lucky" <dave.lucky.po...@gmail.com > > > > > To: "neonixie-l" <neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 1:23 PM > > > Subject: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-18 Blue Dream Nixie Clock available now!!! > > > > > I think it's a great clock stuffed full of features and would really > > > like one but I too think it is on the expensive side. 179 Euro (inc > > > tax I'm in the UK) just for the board kit + you have to buy the needed > > > transformer @24 Euro + the colons @19 Euro separately! Surely a > > > critical part (transformer) should be included in the basic kit? > > > Agreeing that Cobra007 is not comparing like for like the sven board > > > is still only 119 Euro WITH tubes or we could look at Konstantins > > > IN-18 board WITH tubes for 300 Euro. > > > > > I suppose Dieter has priced it to recoup his development costs > > > although the case is overpriced imho and I would not buy it, and as > > > for "the surface finish was developed exclusively for those clocks - I > > > can only imagine that this took quite some time to work out. " I think > > > you/we are getting carried away with the advertising spin after all > > > there is only so many finishes you can achieve and I'm sure this has > > > been done before somewhere. I don't mind being contradicted on the > > > finish but I would like to know what this "exclusive" finish is then > > > > > Nice clock, shame about the price, shame about the confusing multisite > > > ordering, it's impossible to even make up a barebones kit without > > > multiple ordering, something to consider. > > > On 9 Feb, 09:43, jb-electronics <webmas...@jb-electronics.de> wrote: > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "neonixie-l" group. > > > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscribe@ > ** > > > googlegroups.com <neonixie-l%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/** > > > group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB< > http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB> > > > . > > Uggh! > Sorry Nick, no disrespect intended. > That closed plastic coffin thing has been done to death. > I'd even produced something similar nine years ago with the GPSII in > all acrylic. > > And while I'm on the rant; the techs who re-purpose those plastic > baseball boxes and little heirloom domes for a nixie clock cover are > in need of serious help ;) > > Although I concurr that Dieters work is pricey amongst the herd, he's > shown the best packaging ingenuity of the lot. Spanning the market > evolution since '04. In spite of that high cost, he obviously moves a > lot of these. > > And the audiophools love a shiney blinkin' nixie display above their > shrine to thermionic emission, that requires cotton gloves to fondle. > > Regards, Jeff > > > > > The folks who repurpose baseball and heirloom domes for their clocks > fall into a separate category of their own ;) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
