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a.lorenzi · Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Posts: 3

Hey, people.
I'm looking forward to buy a kronos 61. I was just getting time waiting for these keybeds, velocity curves problems. And now I noticed that many stores, like musiciansfriend, sweetwater, amazon and many others are lowering kronos prices. I also heard that the M50 and M3 were discontinued. Is there a chance that korg releases a new keyboard by these days?

Comrad_Durandal · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:34 pm Post subject:

I don't know about the M3 and M50 being discontinued... I smell a yarn being spun by an over-eager salesperson wanting to close a deal on a keyboard with that one. The Kronos, M50, and M3 compete in different markets. The M50 is for the on-stage live performances, the M3 is the in arranger small band crowd, and the Kronos is for composing and song-writing. Of course, they aren't limited to those markets and people often use them for purposes they weren't designed for in a professional capacity.

As for price drops - NAMM is coming up, some retailers are hedging the bet that Korg will release a new workstation (either an updated Kronos or a new board entirely) and they want to get the older stock out of the channel to make room for the newer product.

GregC · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:46 pm Post subject: Re: Kronos Price Drop

michelkeijzers · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 4:57 pm Post subject:

Maybe the thread about Kronos 'LE' is not that 'virtual' at all.
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jimknopf · Platinum Member Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 3374

Funny: No price drop in Europe yet.
Once more Korg US prices/selling months ahead of Europe?

This looks a lot like they updated the hardware - or want to get stock units sold before doing so.
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Pepperpotty · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:03 pm Post subject:

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RonF · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 8:54 pm Post subject:

I think he means that if they were going to update the hardware and secretly planned an upcoming release....one strategy might be to lower the price of inventory already in the distribution chain, to flush it out before announcing the release of something new/better. Of course, he has no inside knowledge and is completely speculating. Its just as viable that the retailers are dropping prices based on a natural progression of consumer demand. But then with Summer NAMM around the corner.....you just never know. And that's the point really....we do not know.
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GregC · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:25 pm Post subject:

all we really know is there is a advertised retail price drop for the 61. Plus the other key sizes(in the US).

In the US, it looks like the 61 ad price is $2795.

In the US, there are usually 2 prices, ad and ' street'.

Korg may have simply reduced the MSRP to the dealers. That quickly allows the dealer to lower the ad price. This is common stuff.

Its a simple matter for a buyer to question the dealer ' why did the price decrease for the 61' ? An informed dealer will tell the serious buyer the reason.

I wouldn't speculate beyond the above. Getting the facts from the dealer would answer the question.
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jimknopf · Platinum Member Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 3374

Of course we know nothing and all thoughts are pure speculation.

But such price drops rarely happen without good reason, either concerning competition or own strategies.
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Pepperpotty · Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:58 pm Post subject:

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GregC · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:32 am Post subject:

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DennyC · Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:01 am Post subject:

It seems like much too soon to give up on or put out an updated model. All of the current Kronos owners would be screaming. Korg has sold a lot of these now great keyboards. But...who knows? Smile

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