I swear George Gomez said that Stern would be releasing schematics on Spike node boards way back during Expo 2017 or something. I just remember reading this in passing and not paying too much attention to it other than thinking "Good". However, so far nothing has happened in regards to schematics, which makes me think that Stern has back tracked on this comment by Gomez, as they'd rather sell new boards at insane mark-ups than have schematics out there that might assist people in making their own repairs (if people are brave enough with surface mount work) or assist competitors in making more cost effective aftermarket replacement boards.

Someone has got schematics on them, as it would seem that Stern employees designed them and then supplied them to a board manufacturer that made the boards.

I also look forward to pictures of the backs of any ne'er do wells associated with any potential scandals at play here.

How was he able to diagnose which components were bad? Were they visibly "toasted"? Your friend could be a pretty popular guy over the next decade or so.

In almost 50 years of living, I've found out that obsolescence happens on a frequent basis, whether it's planned or unplanned.

I'd like to hear what Stern has to say as well. We had George Gomez giving a speech about the supposed benefits of the Spike system at it's introduction, and then he also mentioned that we'd be getting schematics (more than once), but that has not happened to this point, which concerns me. I would be interested in hearing what Stern has to say about their Spike system in retrospect, knowing what they know now, and answering some hardball questions, but what if they're actually displeased with Spike and the warranty repair issues it's had with board failures (and having to send out replacement boards and having to make system revisions on the fly). There's no way I can see them getting up in front of all of us and saying publicly "Sorry guys, we f*cked up here". They'd have to spin it so as to not cause panic among their best customers.

I also don't know how you could prove the planned obsolescence thing, unless you had some documentation of a Stern staff meeting where they were specifically talking about it as part of a plan. Without that, how could you prove obsolescence was on purpose and not just a natural technical evolution.

Man... it's too early in the morning to be using such long words repeatedly.

Hey you two. Keep it down. LOL

Oooooooo.... I live up North, Ice. It's friggin' cold yo!

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