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StephenKay · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:57 am Post subject:

Thanks to those of you who have recently joined Karma-Lab and posted your serial numbers.

My apologies for not keeping up with that thread, but I do the best I can. I'd love to write each of you a personal welcome message, as I sometimes have done in the past, but time is too tight right now.

Suffice it to say that I have made it up to this point, and reflected all reported serial numbers into THE LIST. It's up to date as of today.

And what do we know?

That the highest reported 61 belongs to Don Gothard, with serial 7131.

The highest reported 73 belongs to crazydutch, with serial 2417.

And the highest reported 88 belongs to trstack, with serial 3790.

So we know that at least 13,338 Kronos have been manufactured and sold.

If you would like to be part of this, please do not post your serial numbers in this thread, I will not monitor it. Do it at Karma-Lab, thanks. Wink

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1jordyzzz · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:27 am Post subject:

hey stephen, just want you to know that i've not been able to access karma lab using my existing ID (1jordyzzz)... it shows a "trouble ticket" page... dunno anything about it..
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DennyC · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 1:41 pm Post subject:

Thanks to you Stephen for this endeavor. I guess it would be a waste to input my serial # as it is a 61, #19xx. Smile

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StephenKay · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:51 pm Post subject:

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Nearly 15000 Kronoi sold after about one year is a great success for an expensive flagship synth nowadys, during weak economic times. With enough ongoing support, OS updates and sound libraries, as we have already seen plenty, these numbers can still grow significantlky over the next years.

And after what I read from your comment, Stephen, these total numers don't seem far from the truth: else your comment would probably have included some warning concerning interpretation. Wink

I can't add much information with a serial no. of 72 on my Kronos 73. Smile

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GregC · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:46 pm Post subject:

billysynth1 · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 10:56 pm Post subject:

So if we roughly state that about 14,000 units sold at $3500each...
thats $49,000,000.00. Is that right? 49 million bucks? In 12 Months?? Nah, i must of miss calculated...

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GregC · Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 11:11 pm Post subject:

John Hendry · Last edited by John Hendry on Fri Apr 30, 2021 12:59 am; edited 2 times in total

I got a Kronos finally and it's the 2nd 61 in the 7000 serr# series listed on KARMA Labs. (#0007030) Came with OS ver 1.5.2. Went with the 61 to kept weight and size down since I'm getting a VAX77 controller next and have a 88 key Fatar 2001 midi controller already.

BTW the cases listed on Korg Forum DO NOT FIT a Kronos....need to find that post I took with me for the model and correct it. Ordered the SKB case mentioned but no way is it tall enough to handle the knobs on the Kronos! The Kronos knobs are 5 1/4 inch in height (higher than the Kronos case height) and you need at least 3/4 in foam above and below the Kronos so that makes the minimum INSIDE height @ 6 3/4 in. so we are looking at a case that needs to be over 7in in height.

My hard shell Calzone M1 case has 1.5 foam thickness above the M1 (joy stick indents top foam about 1/3in without removing some foam over it) and 7/8in foam thickness below it and on the side and f/rear. However the sides need to be 2 in with 1/2 in denser Ethel foam added because if dropped on an end the area per sq inch in weight is far greater with far more penetration. A keyboard case needs the most padding on the sides just like the shipping box it came in.

A Kronos case INSIDE needs to be 6.5-6.75 in H x 16.25 in W x 45 in L MINIMUM. 7.25 H x 16.75 x 45.50in is the minimum OUTSIDE size of a proper case for protecting the Kronos not counting handles, wheels (that use up inside space as well as add outside L) and latches with any corner protection pieces used that add size.

The nice light weight sealed SKB plastic tech cases (that have some flex in the center to allow for) do not fit the Kronos and I tried 3 cases that were all too short in height for it. I'd have made the controls 1/2 in shorter in height for this reason and tried to keep them no higher than the back of the Kronos case as they make for poor support of its weight. If held in place by foam the shifting of the Kronos inside the case would likely damage the knobs so foam must not make contact with them. If you can throw a VAX in it's case off a ledge into a parking lot you should be able to do the same to a Kronos as long as its yours testing the case for us;-)

Proper protection requires the proper amount of space and the Kronos is much taller than most keyboards to start with so generic cases come up short just like their inside hosts do. The Kronos is a monster...... Reading The Manual

Edit: Model Kronos (X) Serr# is 100411 and Public ID# is cc-78-c4-23-17-cc-65-50

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Phabius · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 8:43 pm Post subject:

Thank you Stephen!

I've just submitted my SN, two after yours on the line, hehe.
It seems I'm the only Brazilian on the list till now, but there are lots of Kronos units here already.

Greetings
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michelkeijzers · Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject:

Thanks Steven for maintaining the numbers.

I didn't know there were so many users of the Kronos already.
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