Hi Xmax
After reading posts on your new replacement SSL PSU for a while it seems like you are having difficulty with getting a new and potentially useful product ready for eager buyers and marketing it at the same time. There are numerous jobs to do at once and it must be very time consuming especially if you are alone on this (I'm not sure).
I am not a tech nor SSL owner (just a wiring dude) but perhaps I can suggest that you potentially think about getting a few trusted and experienced people in different Countries to Beta test one of your new supplies. This would cost shipping fees of course and you would need to agree some form of contract such as sale or return but, at least it may help establish some credibility to begin with.
Surely most people would only commit several thousand Dollars to something new only after having it reviewed by a third party. This forum provides the right people to make their judgement before others follow and buy it.
Secondly, the marketing has to almost happen at the same time as the design, modify and build process and you probably can't find time to do both. Maybe get some help with this so someone else can set up your website (someone on this forum has already offered) as a working template with some info and pictures while you concentrate on what you are good at, the electronics I guess!
Take more detailed pictures, front and back, including some inside ones to get more people interested. Do your spreadsheet costings and look at leadtimes for components and assembly work sub contracted out, either near to you or in other Countries.
Get your logistics sorted so you can handle production, sales and purchase orders, client details, modification sheets, documentation, terms, ROHS, credit accounts with suppliers, quality control, possibly foreign exchange accounts, warranties, stock control, reliable couriers etc ... Heck the list goes on!
And you have to have your cashflow planned correctly especially as you are just starting in this venture. This is VERY important as it generally means lots of outlay up front before you see some proper returns. If you get this aspect wrong, you could lose orders if you can't get the parts and assemblies in time. This is a stressful time but just needs some proper planning in advance assuming the product is good and can eventually sell.
There is a lot of work to do and I doubt you can manage all this by yourself, hence my suggestion. I worked at SSL from 1980 till 87 and know what initial problems they had with designing, making, changing, marketing and actually selling their product (just the 4k at the time) so I am just offering this advice as I realise that there are a lot of things to attend to all at once.
My thoughts above also apply to the people on this forum designing and possibly producing a new SSL computer system which also looks an exciting product. A new PSU and, especially a replacement computer system, would really help to keep the older SSL consoles alive. Good luck people.
Hope this helps from Jim Lassen (
www.profcon.co.uk). Also on
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