Oh what a lucky man, he was! Kronos 88 coming tomorrow in UK

Jeremy Bender · Post by **Jeremy Bender** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:43 pm

I am in shock. I posted last week that I had ordered my Kronos 88 from Pmt in Birmingham. Well I had a surprise this morning when they called me to say it's in! It is being couriered to home tomorrow morning.

So my wife will get to see it first as I am working long hours at the moment!

I don't know if anyone else has had theirs yet but I was expecting this to take a few more weeks. I will post some thoughts when I get to play it. Cant wait now!

LyonsT · Post by **LyonsT** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:21 pm

Well what can I say, I'm green with envy.

Rang my retailer - "Oh we are expecting them August sir"...

Give me a bloody break... I'll have spent the money by then haha.

BlueLouBoyle · Post by **BlueLouBoyle** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:00 pm

My dealer said August as well!!

Sounds like PMT was the way to go

LyonsT · Post by **LyonsT** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 1:07 pm

Well I just put a £200 deposit on the Kronos 88 that they said is coming at the end of this week / early next week if it does then I will cancel my other preorder with... the others.

DaveBoulden · Post by **DaveBoulden** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 2:32 pm

I've been told towards end August for my K73 by my dealer too (DV). It seems they only got 1 unit.

Jeremy Bender · Post by **Jeremy Bender** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:53 pm

It's here! I am still surprised on timing and PMT were as well when it arrived with them yesterday.

It's in my hall in a huge box but I can't inbox it until later as not seen my family much given working hard recently so doing some other stuff with them now!

I can't wait to get it set up later

LyonsT · Post by **LyonsT** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:39 pm

Do take pictures I enjoy a good unboxing haha

Jeremy Bender · Post by **Jeremy Bender** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:15 pm

Set it up and took some unboxing photos I will try and share tomorrow. Not that heavy for an 88 which was good getting it up 2 lots of stairs.

It looks much nicer than I expected. Not too deep and has replaced my Fatar controller on a 3 tier stand (legacy collection controller on top-not sure I need that now...).

Boot time didn't bother me as same as M3 really and have not noticed any fan noise yet.

RH3 feels great but is quite noisy on a first go. And the sound? Fantastic! So clear and defined with a warmth and depth that is very different to M3 (which I was very happy with sound wise). The clarity in combi mode is very special.

Initial impressions were that the pianos are incredible. I have a Roland digital grand in lounge but the Kronos destroys it and that was on a brief session at lower volumes as family had gone to bed! Electric pianos also great and I was straight into editing in seconds on those because it's so easy and fun!

Set list is lovely and the pads also surprised me as they work fine. That said I do think the missing physical pads is a mistake on such an otherwise beautifully thought out device. Other interface elements seem fine to me but data wheel is a cheaper plastic than rest of the board.

I am still very bemused at how this turned up out of the blue. Has anyone else had an 88 in the Uk? I did plead with the Korg rep when I tried the 61 out a couple of weeks ago today to try and make sure I got a first delivery spare they had assigned to PMT but it's all a bit surreal as I didn't think it would be yet. I called last Friday and was told end of aug!

LyonsT · Post by **LyonsT** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:04 am

Such good news Jeremy, I'm very happy for you mate, cant wait to see the pictures.

Also can't wait get mine even more now!

keyplayer14 · Post by **keyplayer14** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:30 am

I am still very bemused at how this turned up out of the blue. Has anyone else had an 88 in the Uk?

Good question, you may well be the first!

I'm still getting told " before the end of the month"......

dangerousdave · Post by **dangerousdave** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:47 am

LyonsT wrote:Do take pictures I enjoy a good unboxing haha

I had intending to take an unboxing video when my 61 arrived, but when it came to it, I just wanted to get it set up and play it as quick as possible.

panrixx · Post by **panrixx** » Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:28 pm

keyplayer14 wrote:
I am still very bemused at how this turned up out of the blue. Has anyone else had an 88 in the Uk?
Good question, you may well be the first!

I'm still getting told " before the end of the month"......

Same here and I think from the same dealer, so that is why.

panrixx · Post by **panrixx** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:42 pm

panrixx wrote:
keyplayer14 wrote:
I am still very bemused at how this turned up out of the blue. Has anyone else had an 88 in the Uk?
Good question, you may well be the first!

I'm still getting told " before the end of the month"......
Same here and I think from the same dealer, so that is why.

Latest news (Wednesday) - the promised "by the end of July" has now slipped to "in August". Korg still not putting dealers in the picture

DaveBoulden · Post by **DaveBoulden** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:54 pm

I've heard through the grapevine (info coming originally from a Korg UK rep) that they're currently expecting to get the next lot of 73/88s here by the last week of August or 1st week of September.

michelkeijzers · Post by **michelkeijzers** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:00 am

DaveBoulden wrote:I've heard through the grapevine (info coming originally from a Korg UK rep) that they're currently expecting to get the next lot of 73/88s here by the last week of August or 1st week of September.

I read other stories (not in UK) about batches in September / October so I guess the delivery of Kroni will be slow for at least the next months too.