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I think I'm going to cry.......

Was that 1990? I couldn't quite see.

Yeh, 1990. Still 14 C12's for $25 each even back then was cheap.

1990 seems like yesterday.
Those prices are unbelievably cheap.

Wow, guess there was no tender process!

Obviously Tom was looking in the wrong places for mic bargains - Casino markets got nothing on decommisioned TV / Radio stock...

Hmmm, let me think. Two mic stands for $40 or two C12 mic's for $50.....

Decisions....Decisions....

tubes were probably blown in the c-12s making the $5 replacement charge too expensive !

in 1990 the buy it now price of a working c-12 was around $5k i sold mine around 2000 for $11k


it looks like a pretty standard company to company
" you can have them all for the price of that new yamaha dmp7 digital mixer you want " trade

rick wrote:it looks like a pretty standard company to company
" you can have them all for the price of that new yamaha dmp7 digital mixer you want " trade

In the early 90's I had a friend who was buying up huge old Moog, ARP and EMU modular systems from US universities, who were replacing them with Korg M1's and similar.
How much do M1's sell for now? Those old modulars go for $20k to $40k depending on the size and condition.

This reminds of the quote about what is value for money, $2000 spent on a computer and PT9 or $2000 spent on a vintage mic. Think about what each of them is likely to be worth in 5 years, or 10 years from now.

Or think about the income earning potential over the next ten years..

stosostu wrote:This reminds of the quote about what is value for money, $2000 spent on a computer and PT9 or $2000 spent on a vintage mic. Think about what each of them is likely to be worth in 5 years, or 10 years from now.