[sdiy] Korg Kronos/Oasys story

[David G. Dixon]

> >I'm not saying
> > Karl's
> > comments are without merit, but I just wonder if a
> > generation that
> > grew up with M1s and K250s and (insert name of first gen
> > digital  workstation here)s will be paying premium prices for these
> > machines as "collectors items" in another 10 - 20 years.

I'm going to weigh in here on Karl's side of this argument.  I base this on
my (not very scientific) pawn shop observations.  There is a place in
Vancouver called "Lotusland" (older Vancouverites will remember it as "the
Captain's") which deals in second-hand musical and stereo equipment, and I
sometimes drop in there to have a look.  They always have DX-7s and Ensoniqs
and all that crap, at rock-bottom prices.  I've never seen anything analog
in there, except once, they had one of those very old Roland string
ensembles, and it didn't stick around very long.

I don't think that old digital gear will ever have much resale value,
because digital has only increased in speed/capability/functionality, and
that is the whole point of digital gear.  Hence, there is no intrinsic value
in old digital gear, just as there is no intrinsic value in a Pentium IV
desktop computer.  Analog gear simply isn't subject to the same ruthless
rules of obsolescence.  It's all obsolete by definition, and that has
absolutely nothing to do with it.  Indeed, it's part of the charm.

Anchors away!