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[lidserter]

I totally agree with you Greg, i missed that you specified *2021*, and yes, for the upcoming year Nautilus will be the star. However! If you got 3500 to spend, Kronos 2 is a better option, perhaps a used one in order to later upgrade to K3. As of today, a new korg user will choose according to its financial possibilities, so for example 88 keys lineup: $1300 kross, $2700 nautilus, $3900 kronos. And each one justify its step, if you can afford it.
Sorry if it felt like i attacked you Greg, I'm not a native English speaker and perhaps it's sounded worse than it should, just like you, it was an opinion.
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[GregC]

[danmusician]

The Nautilus was produced for a specific market and price point. There are a lot of musicians who don't need, want or will ever use all of the capabilities of the Kronos. It's not meant as a replacement, but rather an addition to the product line.

When Apple introduced their new M1 laptops and Mini, it seemed ridiculous to me that they only offer 8GB or 16GB options. Did they abandon the power user who wants more RAM? Then it hit me, these machines aren't marketed to power user. These are for consumers for who 16 GB is much more than they'll ever need. The Nautilus is similarly positioned in the Korg product line.

It would be interesting to see how many Kronos users never use aftertouch or the sliders during performance. I'm suspecting that number is very high. The Nautilus will meet the needs of many musicians who don't *need* everything a Kronos is.
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[Bachus]

[fomalhaut]

One can only imagine what Korg could be able to achieve with a M1 chip...

[danmusician]

[leonh]

Nautilus is a crippled version of Kronos and is only 250£ cheaper here in the UK and most probably with the same internal hardware and yes there are people who will buy it .

[conundrum]

Not so in some of the colonies. $1700 plus tax price difference is a lot. Yes the PC4 hammer action is the same price of the base Nautilus, but if one is looking for the Korg sounds, and synth action....
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[GregC]

[Mr_SamDoogie]

In less than a few days, the Nautilus has been presented , music shops from the Netherlands, and Belgium only offering B-stock Kronos, Thomann selling the 61 version all of them not even selling Titanium version . what the hell
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[GregC]

did you talk to Thomann and ask them directly if /when are they expecting to receive A stock Kronos 2 in the various key configurations ?

Here in the US, if the retailer is out of stock, they can tell me about when they will receive more plus how many.
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[KorgPlayer]

Hello,

Usually, I used to be well informed about Korg gear, but this time I lack the following information:

1. Will I be able to load KRONOS sound banks to NAUTILUS and vice versa?

2. Do Kronos and Nautilus share SAME AD/DA converters?

I'm about to pre-order Nautilus, but need to consider the above fact.

Btw, In the Nautilus manual I saw this:

[GregC]

This is a user community, so Korg employees are not here.

suggest you email Korg support
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[Mr_SamDoogie]

[SeedyLee]