2818 Audio DSP Dev Kit Price Set to Rise

Posted by timothy on Monday January 28, 2002 @10:38AM from the this-too-shall-pass dept.

Noah Vawter writes: "The 2181 EZ-Kit Lite development community will be changed forever after January 31st, 2002. This is because we have heard the price of the kit will increase from $89 to >$200 (for marketing reasons). The kit contains a 40 MIPS DSP and a stereo, CD-quality codec. A group of experimental internet musicians has been developing audio and music software for the kit for years in an open source fasion. They have developed several effects algorithms , a MIDI interface , PalmOS control software , and a Flash File system for it- all of which are free to download with source code. But get one asap if you want to get in on the fun cheaply!"

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Price change for marketing reasons by Snowfox · 2002-01-28 13:25 · Score: 3, Insightful

I'd wager that the announcement of an increase is what's being done for marketing reasons. (Hook, line, sinker for Slash's editors.)
Nothing like being told "This is your last chance! Buy now!" to spur people who wouldn't have bought it in the first place into an impulse/panic purchase.