Based on what?I do agree that it's seeming to me like 20 to 40% of all new Axe-FX owners seem to have some problem.
I've not made accusations. "Seeming" is often based on an impression, which in turn is based on many, many reports here and experiences of my own and friends. One says to have heard straight from the servicing source that there was a whole batch of faulty motherboards out there - haven't seen that reported much here?Based on what?
What really baffles me though is this stance you and so many have postured that something should work flawlessly based on purchase price. It makes absolutely no sense. Electrical and mechanical products by nature will always have issues and it can be for a multitude of reasons that have nothing whatsoever to do with the production or quality control of the manufacturer or their selling price. Are you saying if the Axe was 500.00 it would be acceptable for sound and screen issues? That seems silly to me. If I buy a car for 10k and another for 100k I expect the brakes to work regardless of pricing. And guess what? They both can and most likely will have issues at some time. It’s the nature of the beast.
I think you would be very hard pressed to find any mechanical or electrical product work “flawlessly” across the life of the product and it has absolutely nothing to do with price. If that were the case I suppose all the very top end manufacturers would have no issues at all and no real need for product support. I’ve yet to see one.
An occasional flicker when hooked up to USB is not unusual. This is due to the screen redraw being interrupted by the USB thread.
This seems like nonsense to me. Working properly means working as designed, and if Cliff's design choices allow an occasional screen flicker then that's how it is designed to work. I don't find that unacceptable; the screen flicker, if any, is rare enough to pass without notice on my unit.It is unexceptable for anything that is either screen not working properly or sound nork working properly, to be considered ok and normal. Its 2 grand plus, it should perform flawlessly. Gt8 never flickered, 300.
Perhaps not, but casting aspersions is not something to do lightly either. It seems to me that you have nothing quantitative at all, and surely you understand that forums naturally skew to the dissatisfied for a number of reasons. Not to mention the ubiquitous hyperbole.I've not made accusations. "Seeming" is often based on an impression, which in turn is based on many, many reports here and experiences of my own and friends. One says to have heard straight from the servicing source that there was a whole batch of faulty motherboards out there - haven't seen that reported much here?
Since the cost of repairing a defect in the field is much higher than detecting and fixing a defect at the factory, it is more logical that they don't have time not to check things out beforehand.It is after all more logical they don't have time to check things out beforehand.
There you have "seems" againIt seems to me that you have nothing quantitative at all
A better comparison would be a car that had a speedometer that intermitently doesnt work when using the radio.
My point was not that the axe fx should never go wrong because as you said things will fail regardless of price. My point was about a fault, in this case poor display operation, can be considered normal. I would not accept a flickering screen on anything regardless of price, unless it was faulty, then I would understand but that is the nature of the best, in your words.
Brakes are a wear and tear situation. A better comparison would be a car that had a speedometer that intermitently doesnt work when using the radio.