YanKleber
Retired
Yeah, the 'Brasil cost' is a PITA -- beside the freight we still have high federal, state and custom taxes. Also with the president election day coming fast (next October 5) the dollar exchange raises like crazy and it impacts still more the price of imported stuff.
Probably it doesn't make any sense for you that elections mess with the dollar exchange. Well, this is a historical thing. A couple decades ago the inflation here was really wild (something like 80% a month) and we had a president elected in 1990 that in a crazy attempt to control the inflation by stopping consumers simply hiijacked ALL citizens and companies bank accounts. So imagine you going to sleep at night with 1 million in your account and the morning after you discover that there is only $1000 because all the rest was blocked by the government. It was a real chaos.
So people became suspicious about government and every time we have new elections there is a 'race' for dollar buying. Maybe it doesn't make any sense for you also but in the inflation times to buy dollar cash was a good way to protect your money. I did it myself a few times. People just bought dollar bills in exchange shops and keep that in home under the mattress (or wherever). Anyway, as in any market when the demands raises the price raises together, and that's why dollar exchange is raising -- because there is a lot of scared people buying them. I don't think that anything will happen (it is the past and things changed). Now our economy is very stable but you know how is hard to get rid of a cultural habit: people just keep doing things without to really think about why they are doing it.
Well, back to the audio interfaces I just decided for the Behringer UCA222 while typed this long message and already placed my order. Not so bad I will pay it in 12 parcels of $6.50. It really won't break the bank.
About the functionality since I have a preamp (a Behringer Mic100) I will be able to couple impedance and put the signal in a good level without any problem. I really doubt that this interface can be worse than my onboard sound card, so all in all, I should be fine.
Thank you all for your inputs. I was about to buy a 'guitar link' when I started this thread.
Probably it doesn't make any sense for you that elections mess with the dollar exchange. Well, this is a historical thing. A couple decades ago the inflation here was really wild (something like 80% a month) and we had a president elected in 1990 that in a crazy attempt to control the inflation by stopping consumers simply hiijacked ALL citizens and companies bank accounts. So imagine you going to sleep at night with 1 million in your account and the morning after you discover that there is only $1000 because all the rest was blocked by the government. It was a real chaos.
So people became suspicious about government and every time we have new elections there is a 'race' for dollar buying. Maybe it doesn't make any sense for you also but in the inflation times to buy dollar cash was a good way to protect your money. I did it myself a few times. People just bought dollar bills in exchange shops and keep that in home under the mattress (or wherever). Anyway, as in any market when the demands raises the price raises together, and that's why dollar exchange is raising -- because there is a lot of scared people buying them. I don't think that anything will happen (it is the past and things changed). Now our economy is very stable but you know how is hard to get rid of a cultural habit: people just keep doing things without to really think about why they are doing it.
Well, back to the audio interfaces I just decided for the Behringer UCA222 while typed this long message and already placed my order. Not so bad I will pay it in 12 parcels of $6.50. It really won't break the bank.
About the functionality since I have a preamp (a Behringer Mic100) I will be able to couple impedance and put the signal in a good level without any problem. I really doubt that this interface can be worse than my onboard sound card, so all in all, I should be fine.
Thank you all for your inputs. I was about to buy a 'guitar link' when I started this thread.