[sdiy] OT: Do you guys know what's going on on eBay?

[Scott Stites]

> It's insane I tell you! Just insane..... It seems
> everybody has  moved to softsamplers. All that
> old wonderful hardware is now a fraction of the
> original cost.   SCSI drives for pennies!

The real insanity is what some things that aren't that great go for.  Last
February I bid on, and got a Korg DW6000, which is a pretty nice polysynth
for the price I paid, which was something like $102.  It's not a DW8000, but
it's still nice.

At the same time, I was eying a Yamaha VSS-30 Sampler.  Not that I wanted
it, but rather I couldn't believe the bids it was pulling in.  If one is not
familiar with the VSS-30, it's a slightly more rigged out version of the
Casio SK-1 thing.  A toy, IMHO.  I've got one I paid $20 for new in the
'90's.  Played with it, got bored, stuck it in a closet and forgot about it
until I saw this auction.

The damn thing sold for more than I paid for the DW6000.  Suspecting
overlooked mojo, I pulled mine out and hooked it up and....it's still a
mystery to me.  A complete and utter mystery.

Synth DIY content - I suppose one could bend the VSS-30 and have a ball.

Cheers,
Scott