Re: NAMM - report
The IPR seems notable for the delay between introduction and actual production. I have been outside the walls long enough that I have no special insight into this product other than a good sense of how the people involved think. Even Peavey who has been guilty of production start up delays before would never intentionally dangle such a desirable low cost amp in front of customers without satisfying that demand in a timely fashion. This promise of new/better/cheaper will surely erode Peavey's own value amp business as people hold off purchases waiting for the new improved amps.
I don't doubt that this isn't a parts availability problem as public statements suggest, but the time frame is long for simple standard components, so this is probably some combination of pushing the limits of what the technology is capable of. I recall one program years ago where a semiconductor manufacturer couldn't deliver on the thermal performance they predicted and the program crashed with a custom part tooled up that didn't work. I do not suggest that this is similar to that old program fail, but stuff happens when pushing the limits of technology.
Peavey's delay is tantamount to shooting off a toe or two, as they injured their own sales too. I am not close enough to the console market to know if Behringer's mixer announcement made strategic benefit to them or not. Something for you guys to decide.
These two product delays do not look like apples and apples to me.
JR
