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Bluetooth support + Bluetooth input block... backing track nirvanaHow can they improve on the lll anyway?
Bluetooth support + Bluetooth input block... backing track nirvanaHow can they improve on the lll anyway?
6 amps at one time! Silly question.How can they improve on the lll anyway?
6 amps, why would you need more than 2?6 amps at one time! Silly question.
Because 6 is 3 times better than 2.6 amps, why would you need more than 2?
I work for a multi billion dollar business and it thrives just well the way I described. We sell all sorts of products. Some are designed specifically for a 1-2 year life cycle while others are long term performers like 10 years. Sometime we get a big surprise and a 2 year product actually goes 5 years before needing replaced. The point is, we ALWAYS have a guesstimate at the life cycle of our product and I guarantee fractal does too. Could they release a product sooner than that time? Of course. Later? Yup. My point was I do not know anything about fractal so was just trying to get a general idea. Heck the kemper is what...going on 10 years and the helix is going on 6? So fractal seems to make newer models a bit faster than their competitors.A business that operates the way you are suggesting won’t be in business long, at least not in a competitive product driven market space. GM just announced the new vette at roughly the same price as the previous model (not unlike FAS has done previously) ..I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that the design/ prototyping phase took longer than a year before the announcement. If they announced those spec’s more than a year ago, how do you think that would effect sales of the existing model? Business’ exist to make a profit, giving market competitors strategic info and self sabotaging sales doesn’t serve that end.
Worst case scenario, you get a 3 and shortly thereafter the IV is announced... you flip the 3 and your out a couple hundred bucks...seems like a fair risk in exchange for having the bleeding edge now. None of the flagship product cycles have been anywhere near the timeline we are at now.
I work for a multi billion dollar business and it thrives just well the way I described. We sell all sorts of products. Some are designed specifically for a 1-2 year life cycle while others are long term performers like 10 years. Sometime we get a big surprise and a 2 year product actually goes 5 years before needing replaced. The point is, we ALWAYS have a guesstimate at the life cycle of our product and I guarantee fractal does too. Could they release a product sooner than that time? Of course. Later? Yup. My point was I do not know anything about fractal so was just trying to get a general idea. Heck the kemper is what...going on 10 years and the helix is going on 6? So fractal seems to make newer models a bit faster than their competitors.
Look at post 24. You got the answer from the man himself. Quit overthinking it.I work for a multi billion dollar business and it thrives just well the way I described. We sell all sorts of products. Some are designed specifically for a 1-2 year life cycle while others are long term performers like 10 years. Sometime we get a big surprise and a 2 year product actually goes 5 years before needing replaced. The point is, we ALWAYS have a guesstimate at the life cycle of our product and I guarantee fractal does too. Could they release a product sooner than that time? Of course. Later? Yup. My point was I do not know anything about fractal so was just trying to get a general idea. Heck the kemper is what...going on 10 years and the helix is going on 6? So fractal seems to make newer models a bit faster than their competitors.
Years from Axe-FX n to Axe-FX (n+1) = 2n + 3
Axe-FX (standard): 2006
Axe-FX II: 2011
Axe-FX III: 2018
Axe-FX IV: 2027
I don't foresee a new unit for at least a few more years. Heck it's only over a year old. This industry is not like high-volume consumer products. We don't release new versions every year or two.
There is no rule like that.the only info I could find is maybe every 2-3 years they come out with a new version such as AXEII and then the AXEII XL...etc. Is this the typical timeline?
You guys are not understanding each other. OP is talking about his company estimating life cycles behind the scenes so that they can plan appropriately for R&D and all that to get the next product out on time. Mayhem is taking his words to imply that OP’s company makes that info public.
That said, seems like for someone this interested in knowing the product life cycles and other info about fractal before making a purchase, there’s been very little even cursory research done to figure things out. Wouldn’t be terribly hard to see the differences between units and to see that the significant releases were standard, ultra, 2 and 3. Then look at release dates between those and you see that these products last a pretty long time, combined with the fact that you can still find ultras and maybe even standards rolling around being used by hobbyists and professionals alike. Buying a flagship fractal anytime in the first 1-3 years seems pretty solid, maayyybe after a few years I’d start wondering if there a minor update coming out. But this whole thing just seems absurd to me.
In the craziest of ways, too. I hate it when I’m buying a new phone and the salesman is trying to up sell me on a leasing plan, explaining that the the $800 phone he just sang praises for is expected to be obsolete next year. At least my guitar amp doesn’t have that problem.Phone and computer companies thrive on telling people what’s next because that tech is disposable at this day in age.