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xus75 Junior Member
Joined: 03 Sep 2009 Posts: 61 Location: Vladivostok, Russia
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 8:00 pm Post subject: Kronos Price Increase? |
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It seems Korg has updated (increased) the prices of most of its keyboards. Normally prices drop, but Korg has gone the other way. I noticed this with all the Kronos line-up and also with the SV2. _________________ Current Gear: Korg M3-73; PA 588, Boss BR-600 |
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Falcon2e Platinum Member
Joined: 19 Feb 2008 Posts: 619 Location: Indiana USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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I don’t know how Covid has affected consumer goods in Russia, but things that are usually easy to buy here in the USA are sometimes impossible to find. I wonder if that’s why prices are going up. _________________ Kronos2-61..(2) Triton Classic, Nord Stage 2, Previously owned lots of other gear dating back to the 70’s. |
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exsequor699 Full Member
Joined: 18 Apr 2016 Posts: 132
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blazerunner Senior Member
Joined: 15 Nov 2017 Posts: 277
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 4:35 am Post subject: |
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Those prices are insane. I don't remember what I paid for my 73' but if it were anywhere close to 4G's I think I'd still be playing my Triton. That's insane to ask that for a 10 year old keyboard with 10 year old tech and no real updates. |
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Liviou2004 Platinum Member
Joined: 20 Feb 2017 Posts: 1150 Location: France
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Kronos slowly fades away from european catalogs.
The biggest online shop, Thomann, provides only Kronos 61. But its price is quite normal.
So the Kronos will probably disappear.
Either replaced by the Nautilus or by a new big flagship. |
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Pedja Platinum Member
Joined: 20 Sep 2013 Posts: 576
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bpoodoo Senior Member
Joined: 27 Dec 2019 Posts: 429 Location: Ding Dong, TX
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Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:59 pm Post subject: |
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I went to my local music store yesterday for the first time in two years. I don't know what inventory they had in the back, but on the showroom floor they had a fair number of keyboards you could demo and play.
There were some notables that were missing though. No Kronos, MODX, FA-0[678], or Montage. But they did have Nautilus, Fantom and stage pianos across all vendors.
I did notice a few *really* good unadvertised deals on older models which now have an upgraded version, or current version keyboards that aren't selling very well. So there are some good deals to be had - you just have to do the groundwork and ... Go Shopping.
Almost forgot how fun that was, to go shopping. The exhilaration of seeing the keyboard you'd only read about and seen videos of until now - and now you see it and play it in person. To see a great price on the product you don't really need, but you're tempted now because it's such a good deal. You deliberate for half an hour and finally walk out the door without buying anything. But it was fun, and you learn some things about the products in person that you never would have discovered online (like keybed feel). _________________ bpoodoo
Triton Extreme 88 w/MOSS
"We all move on, like centuries and doves." |
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blazerunner Senior Member
Joined: 15 Nov 2017 Posts: 277
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 3:25 am Post subject: |
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Pedja wrote: | Something strange is happening? |
Perhaps it has something to do with the chip shortage. |
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danatkorg Product Manager, Korg R&D
Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 4204 Location: California, USA
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Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2021 5:52 am Post subject: |
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https://time.com/6073233/shipping-costs-surge-price-hike-goods/
Prices for many things are going up, and most of that is the skyrocketing cost of transportation via container ships. The pandemic is part of that, but not all of it. See the article above for details. For example, it now costs almost 5.5x as much to ship from Shanghai to Rotterdam as it did a few years ago.
I'm not in sales, but I'm told that most musical instrument companies have increased prices across the board over the last year. _________________ Dan Phillips
Manager of Product Development, Korg R&D
Personal website: www.danphillips.com
For technical support, please contact your Korg Distributor: http://www.korg.co.jp/English/Distributors/
Regretfully, I cannot offer technical support directly.
If you need to contact me for purposes other than technical support, please do not send PMs; instead, send email to dan@korgrd.com |
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