Topic: The AKM factory burned for three days

An industrial disaster, the second one in a row in Japan, after Toshiba some months ago:

https://www.prosoundnetwork.com/busines … o-industry

How will this impact RME?

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Re: The AKM factory burned for three days

Unclear, as the real damage and stock situation has not been explained by AKM so far. Everyone awaits details next week.

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Matthias Carstens
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Re: The AKM factory burned for three days

Hi MC,

Are details known in meantime?

Just want to know if it is safe to order already, as I noticed some stores have 14 days of backlog meanwhile.

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Re: The AKM factory burned for three days

Still no answer on how this affects RME?

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Re: The AKM factory burned for three days

No, as AKM still hasn't issued a full statement. They were not allowed to enter the building, which delayed such...

Butl there is a simple answer to your question: buy now.

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Matthias Carstens
RME

Re: The AKM factory burned for three days

Any update the stock situation?

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Re: The AKM factory burned for three days

Not yet.

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Matthias Carstens
RME

Re: The AKM factory burned for three days

@fafa44 in answer to your question https://forum.rme-audio.de/viewtopic.php?id=32450, it may be worth trying a different retailer. When I bought mine last month (Jan) I found that some of Synthax's retailers had plenty, and others had long lead times. (UK)

Re: The AKM factory burned for three days

Another one: Renesas Japan.

https://bobbyowsinskiblog.com/2021/04/0 … chip-fire/

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Re: The AKM factory burned for three days

Yet another mishap. TSMC suffered a power outage due to construction workers ripping a cable:

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/n … b-complex/

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