[Jukebox-list] A better understanding

[Wesley Dean]

    Ron, if the profit motive were the sole reason for the design of 
classical creations, we would all live in a sterile mundane world. There 
have always been individuals that have been inspired by a greater force. 
This is likened to a religious experience. I do not doubt that some gifted 
persons use mind altering chemicals to attain this. I have visited this back 
room. All other efforts are used to bring a creation to fulfillment and the 
buying public. Wes
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Rich" <ronnnrich at yahoo.com>
To: "Jukebox mailing list" <jukebox-list at lists.netlojix.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Jukebox-list] A better understanding


Wes,
  I's shamed of you--"stirin the pot" again. The "why" in jukebox (and 
almost all other manufactured things), is COST. What happens, in my humble 
opinion, is following things--'Marketing" dictates what it will/should do, 
and fit (cabinet style/size), engineers design it, and the "production 
people" are charged with the cost of manufacturing it--It then becomes a 
"game"-engineering says to do it thisaway, marketing says do it for this 
cost, and production says that is impossible--OK, says engineering, if you 
"cut this" it will be less expensive--production says, you can also save 
time ($$$) by doing this--marketing says "will it still work?" and everyone 
agrees that it will "still work"--then, if the company has a "QC" dept--all 
hell brakes loose--and "stuff" is put back in because, after all, if the 
"QC" dept engineers do not find anything to "fix", why do we need that 
dept??--And then again, if the engineering dept can't come up with a 
"re-designed" widget, why do we need
 an engineering dept.?? --Also, we don't want to make it "last forever", 
'cause, we need future sales---
  ( I have heard RUMORS that the 3400 mech was much less expensive to 
produce as compared to the 3300. Also have heard that, other then the 
motors, it was made in Germany, and assembled here--don't know if true or 
not)
  Ron Rich