Nice one, if you are in the States then it is indeed good value, but to get it into the UK would be three times the cost .... so it just would not be worth it.
Everyone has to make their own decision on things like this.
For me, I want a single cable run from the rack to the GT/MM. To do that another gadget can be added to the rack or a purely cabled solution can be used. If I were in the UK and using a
US manufactured product, paying triple the cost in order to get phantom power would make sense to me whether it be for the brick or the cable. YMMV. Alternatively, I would look for a custom cable manufacturer in the UK to build a custom snake.
That brings us to this: the same math applies to the phantom power brick, right? At an average price of $75, if you triple the cost for VAT, etc; the phantom power brick would cost $225. I just don’t see a big difference in cost. Are you hung up on the idea of paying north of $200 for a
cable but are ok with spending that much on an
appliance? I think that an additional $15 is a small price to pay to get a pure cabled solution. I prefer to keep my rack as simple as possible. Again, YMMV.
RJM is a US company. You are in the UK. As a result you pay through the nose. I would point out, we Americans have been paying the “Marshall tax” for decades in the form of shipping, taxes and tariffs on Marshall products entering the US from the UK. You do not see Americans on Marshall boards with their nose out of joint because they do not have access to affordable Marshalls like you guys in the UK do.
Just because it is not a solution for
you does not mean that it is not a solution for others here, especially US based customers. At this point with 4 of your 6 posts in this thread being about the cost of this cable and how it impacts you in the UK, you are being trite and redundant. This is not a solution for
you... we get it, HUA.