I don't think I could do that and look myself in the eye, to be honest. I'd really rather offer a fair price for no-nonsense people, who are my target audience after all. At the moment I just ask for details of what people are using and if they're experiencing any issues in the setup, which gives me a good idea of whether it's wise to proceed. 'Audiophile' cables correlate strongly with various hum and RFI issues. About half of the time I'm saying no, or at least being dissuasive, especially if someone already has hum or is using a Rega turntable (notorious for hum issues as there's no ground wire/shielding drain).
A lot of people want me to inherit their preexisting setup problem, such as turntable mis-wiring, and fix it them for them as a consequence the sale, which I don't think is particularly fair and always results in a wild goose chase. I just get the return and undo the sale ASAP in this situation now and leave it there. Doubtless some people are not very satisfied with my lack cooperation in this regard, but to be honest that's probably just as well. Maybe it sounds a bit harsh, but I'd rather make a smaller number of people who already have a proper setup very happy with the product.
Until I get new premises, I'm just going to be controlling the flow so I don't end up making boards all day and generating revenue that I don't need or want while depleting the stock that I need to tide me over to the next iteration. If I start rushing things to chase unnecessary financial conditions, then there could be quality issues and problems with consistency. I want to mainly focus on maintaining quality and heading towards my own in-house version of SMT; something quite interesting in and of itself with its own new challenges!
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