Re:ARP founder Alan R. Pearlman has died
by 1001101 on Monday January 07, 2019 @08:48AM
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Former 2600 owner, and aspiring current owner (although Arturia is keeping the itch scratched for now), I think this would be viable for Korg. TTSH kits were around for a while. You could get one built for 3500, 1000 for parts. Korg purchasing could probably do way better.
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Re:ARP founder Alan R. Pearlman has died
by leviathant on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:02AM
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The MS-20m kit's sales were slow enough that they had a blowout at the end of production - not an encouraging sign for Korg, in terms of making a relatively inexpensive 2600 reissue.
Behringer, on the other hand, is likely on the case.
I don’t remember that at all. In fact I think in Europe they sold out really quickly as it is the ultimate model and although expensive, was still sought after.
Re:ARP founder Alan R. Pearlman has died
by leviathant on Monday January 21, 2019 @10:16AM
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I had my eye on it in a couple of places, but I was being very good about not buying another analog monosynth. Towards the end, you could buy a new-in-the-box kit for $899 (and you could probably call and get an additional 15% off). By comparison, when it was announced, list price was $1600, street price was $1200.
Double-checking my memory, Reverb listings from 2017 are showing it selling secondhand for $700-$900.
More recently, the last one that sold on eBay went for $1500+, and the one that's on Reverb now is listed, quite absurdly, for about $2500.
I was in the middle of some really expensive construction at the time, and just didn't have any room for non-essential spending.
> The MS-20m kit's sales were slow enough that they had a blowout at the end of production
Really??? God how could I miss that :(
Re:ARP founder Alan R. Pearlman has died
by TheOtherHobbes on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:07AM
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Pretty sure Behringer are either already on it, or thinking seriously about it.