Laser DAC survey

[JasonB]

Done, very interesting to view the comments.

[swamidog]

I am currently selling RiyaLite DACs for $100. These are 12bit XY 8bit RGB dacs.
I don't have a link set up on my website but I have plenty of them. PM or email me if interested.

i have experience with riyalite dacs. the output quality is quite good.

[Grix]

I am currently selling RiyaLite DACs for $100. These are 12bit XY 8bit RGB dacs.
I don't have a link set up on my website but I have plenty of them. PM or email me if interested.

I used to have one of those, it cost me €120 IIRC. I see they currently sell for $150 on Innolasers. You should definitely set up a proper page selling them, they are a real deal at $100, I was not aware they could be had for so cheap. Is this a limited offer or can you get more and keep selling at the same price?

I think RIYA is missing out on quite a large part of the market, that is the ishow marketshare. If it's hardly any more expensive, why would anyone choose ishow over RIYA lite? Probably because many chinese manufacturers are bundling them with their projectors. Have RIYA tried to make similar deals with them and become part of bundles and such too?

[JohnYayas]

I've been meaning to add them to my website and offer them standalone or offered with Spaghetti at a very steep discount but for various reasons I haven't gotten around to it. Whether or not I continue to sell them would depend on how well they sold. Obviously, with no advertising on my part, they aren't being sold very quickly. Although, those who have bought them have been pleased and in one case a guy bought a couple extra.

I am not losing money by selling them at $100 and based on my last conversation with the manufacturer I can continue to buy more and sell them at that price. Whether or not I choose to do so is up in the air at this point. I like selling the DACs but there is a business cost in obtaining them (shipping and money transfer fees) that, while unavoidable, is a bit inconvenient and expensive. So, I can understand why others might sell the same DAC at a higher price. I'm selling them more as a service to Spaghetti customers than to make money. So, without going into specifics, maybe that sheds some light on the situation.

Edit: Just wanted to add that I do sell them to anyone who wants one, not just Spaghetti customers. The above statement might make it sound like I only sell to people who have Spaghetti but that is not the case at all.