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Edirol V-8 US Pricing Announced: Under Two Grand

We’ve got some additional details on the Edirol V-8 mixer. Pricing will be set at US$1995 list. For comparison, the V-4 lists for US$1029, but has a street price pretty close to that — perhaps due to the unit’s popularity rather than any minimum advertised pricing restrictions.

The V-8 is shipping within a month. I’ll make sure CDMotion is high on the list as far as evaluation units. While I hear the criticisms — and some of you have moved beyond hardware mixing or now rely on high definition signal — there’s very little that can outclass the V-8 for what it is in the same price range. If it delivers, it could easily remove the justification for buying a V-4, even at half the price. Watch for our hands-on report.

Edirol V-8 Mixer [Worldwide product page]

Edirol V-8 Preview on CDMotion (with a little pro-HD trolling, to boot!)

ZDNet’s Ou: Clone an 8-Core Mac Pro for $2300 -

George Ou, hats off to you. The ZDnet blogger assembles a very nice workstation, equivalent to a US$6800 Mac Pro, for a measly $2311. No Mac OS X, meaning Final Cut Studio is out, but I figure you can use your savings for a basic copy of CS3 or go the Sony Vegas route. Not to mention, if you’ve got strong arms and a car, you could create a great luggable live visual machine. I’d love to hear from someone who actually does video, 3D, etc., and not just George, if they’ve done something similar to this. Not only is it 1/3 of the cost of an Apple, but it’s quite a lot less than a Dell, too.

Build a Mac Pro equivalent workstation for 1/3 the cost

I will say, Mac Pro comparison or no, you could do some serious damage with a system of these specs. The plummeting costs of CPUs from Intel and other components is making high-end workstations more of a reality.

Thoughts? Any Apple fans want to call BS?

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Comments 7. By Peter.

2008-Jan-07@17:39.