Gotham Audio 1972 Price List

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[d]

thanks for sharing. very interesting to see what was offered before.

[opcode66]

I wouldn't mind having an SP-172. Sounds nice.

[dietrich10]

I love that they listed the 'ash tray' as a feature on the SP272

[Phinster]

wooooo woooo a tracing stimulator...a $5000 boat anchor if there ever was one! Hysterical Thanks fo Sharing!!!

[cohearent]

Hi Paul and everyone,

I have that price list too. What is really amazing is how prices escalated in the next couple years:

on the '73 sheet:
VMS-70 $33,750
SAL-74 $17,775 (not including head)
SX-74 $6500

on the '75 sheet:
VMS-70 $47,388
SAL -74 $24,240
SX-74 $8160

Everything pretty much doubled from 1972! Pretty ridiculous increases if you ask me! I just checked the US Dollar vs. Deutsche Mark for those years, and the Mark changed from 3 to 2.6 to 1, no where near 2:1. Could it just have been Herr Temmer's (Gotham Audio) greed????

Best,

Kev

[cohearent]

BTW Does anyone have a Gotham price sheet from 1968 or 69? I seem to recall the SX-68 was about $2500 when introduced, and I think the VMS-66 was about $18,000. That's just my recollection. I would like to have a copy of one of those year's sheets for my archive, as my VMS was built in '68.

[subkontrabob]

1973 oil crisis

[cohearent]

Oil crisis would probably be Gotham's excuse. However, the BIG increase was 2 years later, in 1975, and the Dollar vs. Deutsche Mark only fluctuated by a factor of 1.3 at worst, not 2.