In Reply to: Charlie.... posted by JMCIII on January 8, 2008 at 08:47:44:
Esoteric has introduced several transports lately. They are *not* all the same. The first was the VRDS-Neo as used in the X-01. The OEM pricing on this was around $4,000.
Apparently the laser used in that model was discontinued, so they started selling a "junior" version that was similar but with less "overkill" construction. This is what was used in the X-03 series products from Esoteric. The OEM cost for this transport was around $3000. I believe that this is what is used by dCS and Spectral.
But lately they have introduced two new drives. One has an OEM cost of $800 (with a metal tray). Other than the metal tray and the "vertically aligned laser" it appears to be quite ordinary. Both the spindle motor and the laser are on the bottom, just as any conventional transport.
The newest one has an OEM cost of $500. It has a plastic tray and a big plastic damping "puck" on top. Besides the size of the damping "puck", this is supposed to have the "vertically aligned laser". Otherwise it is quite ordinary and made from plastic and bent sheet metal.
So be sure to compare apples to apples. Esoteric calls *all* of these transports "VRDS-Neo", which is fairly misleading in my opinion.
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- Be careful... - Charles Hansen 12:06:10 01/08/08 (8)
- One of the new drives... - David W. Robinson 16:24:19 01/08/08 (7)
- RE: One of the new drives... - Charles Hansen 20:06:54 01/08/08 (6)
- That sounds about right... - David W. Robinson 23:06:39 01/08/08 (5)
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- Re: Not that I was mentioning the C-5xe or anything... - Charles Hansen 20:41:57 01/09/08 (0)