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maphill · Full Member Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 217

Original post updated.

Thanks for the additional helpful data.

Keep it coming...

Mark.
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MartinHines · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:18 am Post subject:

Michael Blue · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:32 am Post subject:

billysynth1 · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:27 am Post subject:

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When selling your O...you forget one thing, the O is up against a new competitor - The Kronos. Why would I buy a used O when I can get a brand new Kronos that is superior to the O? We all know the spec now. Its a no brainer.

Im keeping my O and buying an 88 Kronos. Im not saying everyone can do that. But...think about it. You're in a music shop, hypothetically speaking, and you see a second hand O sitting next to a Kronos, you test drive each one, the Kronos has the extra 2 piano engines, it has Set List SST...etc. They are both selling, for example, at $4k...Which one will you buy?

Billy
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peter m. mahr · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Posts: 1030

.... and it is new, has warranty, spare parts will most likely be longer available and I am sure we could find many more points for KRONOS. You are right Billy, it is a no brainer as long as both share the same sonic quality.

Peter
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Charlie · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 8:53 am Post subject:

Michael Blue · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 9:24 am Post subject:

panteli · Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 4

Hi there,

If Kronos and OASYS share so many thinsg in common (Basically Kronos is a cut down newer version of OASYS) does this mean that when goods are released for Kronos we will be a able to use them on the OASYS?

maphill · Full Member Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 217

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sirCombatWombat · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: Kronos vs. Oasys

AnthonyB · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:58 pm Post subject:

Part exchange is what i do a lot, and i've had a much sucess with this, from a convenience point of view (no ebay selling hassle), and good deals them selves.

I had a Roland Piano (KR577), and I KNEW i wasn't going to get much more than £800-£1000 in a sale. So then, i embarked on some p/x deals and sought to see which was best..

In the end (long story short) i brought it from a popular shop (bonners), and the OASYS 88 was a demo model. So with it being a demo model, tthey knocked £400 off (new it was £5399 i think), AND included the 2 gig ram also.

I was offered £1200 for my roland piano (far more than i thought, and probably because they wanted a sale since i was mentioning other places) so i got tHE OASYS 88 for £3799 (£3999 for the OASYS, minus £1200 for my piano which wouldn't have fetched that second hand) I also had a pair of fostex monitors (pm1 mark II), a quik lok stand,pedals, and a stand to sit on - and those were discounted. in the end i probably got the O for even less......

So; different people have different ways of getting their sale(s). Maybe with the new KRONOS, you can "haggle" a little if the price isn't fixed, or ask them to sort you a case/stand/bag/pedal(s) etc into the mix.

just a few thoughts:)
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MoonMusic · Senior Member Joined: 26 Dec 2009 Posts: 283

Bring a piece of gear to the US, go to the nearest Guitar Center and watch how much they try to steal it from you....They're worse crooks than the pawn shops and I thought they were bad! Ebay or craigslist is the best option here....

SoulBe · Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:40 pm Post subject:

There is a similar threat going on in the OASYS section, so I repost the following here as well:

Hi,

after reading the specs and looking at the demos I come to the conclusion that Kronos is not interesting for me as an OASYS user.

Apart from the new piano-/epiano-models and a better usability I cannot see such a huge advantage to invest in a Kronos, esp it has nearly the similar synth modules in it and should not sound much better than the O.

And as far as the OASYS cannot load Kronos sounds hmmm, that´s a pity, but the engines are the same, so a mastermind (Daz !!!! where are you?) may write a converting program.

And maybe after a while Korg remembers that there are some OASYS users that were willig to pay for new synth models and we get the already developed models for a fee, we´ll see.

I´ll wait what will be the answer to Kronos from Yamaha and Roland, now they are under really big pressure, maybe we´ll see vst integration or or or....

just my 2c

Regards
SoulBe