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[media-igor]

As far as I learned - was no longer produced KRONOS (X)! What will happen instead? It seems likely to be dropped product (release of a new operating system, software, etc.). Sorry, the product is 3 years old - and already out of date!

[karmathanever]

From where did you get this info???


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[Laste7]

Out of date?! HAHAHA!
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[Purusha]

My local retailer says - component shortages...

[Davd C. Polich]

[GregC]

[Purusha]

[phil55]

I've heard that the intel computer that was in the KRONOS is no longer being made or available which might have something to do with this....
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[Karimh]

I ordered a KRONOS X61 last month and haven't received it yet. I'm located in Canada. My local dealer called Korg Canada (distributor) and they informed us that Korg has "issues with production" and the product would not be available till "maybe" November or late December.

Luckily this board was available at another location (same store chain) in Canada and they're shipping it to my local dealer this week.

So this shortage is Not a rumor. It is true, but I don't know the actual reason behind this.

Regards,

Karim.
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[EvilDragon]

[Davd C. Polich]

Regardless of what the status of Kronos parts is, there has been no official announcement from Korg that they are discontinuing the Kronos. You can
engage in guesswork all you want, but until Korg issues a press release saying that they have brought production of the Kronos to an end, any speculation is just that…speculation.

I really really doubt Korg is going to drop the Kronos. There's still plenty of demand for it. There's still plenty of demand for the Yamaha Motif and the Roland JP-80. Sometimes I think that posting something has been discontinued is the product of some kind of weird wishful thinking.

If there's a supply problem, Korg will remedy that…it's not like there's nowhere else in the world they can look for replacement parts, including
CPU's and touch screens.

If anyone is alarmed about this rumor, best thing to do is to call Korg
yourself and ask the question.

[Jer76]

The Kronos X 88 is also discontinued here in Singapore.

[Bald Eagle]

Korg does not make official statements that a product has been discontinued until they are well prepared to launch a follow-up product. This was the case with the OASYS. Many sites are now listing the Kronos as out of stock. If history repeats itself then this is a sign that something new and spectacular is right around the corner.

[jeebustrain]

without an official word from the mfg, most of the time I've heard that so and so is discontinued, it's mostly from dealers who would rather push you to buy something else (i.e. something in stock on their floor) rather than have to deal with ordering something that's backordered that's going to make them little money and cause them to exert extra effort (i.e. fielding regular calls from the customer asking "is it in yet?").

There have been several music stores in my area over the years that have done that. Not surprisingly, most of them are now out of business.
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