Not being solder through doesnt mean it isnt quality I am told
Very true.. depends on where the components were sourced of course. What it does mean though is that when these boards need repairing ( and its only a matter of time), it is beyond most people to do this and new boards will have to be sourced.
Now if a diode were to go open, or a transistor short, or a coil lock on and take out associated transistor... then its a new board you are up for when we all know that these are commonly sourced parts that could have been addressed by a trip to your local jaycar... this is no longer the case. To have to buy a new board due to a 0.9c component failing is utter stupidity on the part of Stern.
It is very very short sighted and completely ignores the existing pinball markets capabilities. Im really scratching my head over this.
Stern just dont seem to understand their own market
